Shimla, July 1 -- Heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours has triggered widespread disruption across Himachal Pradesh, leading to landslides, flooding of homes, and road blockages.

One of the worst-hit routes is the Shimla-Sunni-Karsog highway, which has been completely blocked near Devidhar, about 35 kilometres from the state capital Shimla, stranding dozens of vehicles and commuters.

As restoration work had not yet begun at the time of reporting, long queues of vehicles were seen piling up on both sides of the landslide site. The situation has caused significant distress among locals and travellers, with fresh landslides occurring intermittently in different areas.

Ajay, a commuter, travelling from Shimla to Mandi, described the chaos ...