India, Feb. 28 -- Four people were injured when a bus overturned after being hit by a landslide triggered by heavy rain near Banala on the Chandigarh-Manali national highway on Friday, while Kullu's Akhada Bazaar and Gandhi Nagar were inundated with gushing waters spilling onto the roads, damaging vehicles parked on the roadside, officials said.

Intermittent snowfall in the higher reaches and rains in the rest of Himachal Pradesh for the third day have blocked about 200 link roads, cutting off several areas in Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba and Shimla districts, the officials said.

Mandi deputy commissioner Apurv Devgan said that the floodgates of the Pandoh reservoir had been opened as the dam was full to the brim. He issued ...