Dharamshala, July 15 -- BJP MP from Hamirpur and former Union minister Anurag Thakur on Monday visited the disaster-hit areas of Mandi district and met the affected families in Bagsaid, Thunag and Seraj Bazar of the Seraj assembly constituency. Along with distributing relief, Thakur also issued necessary instructions to officials regarding relief and rehabilitation work. "The scale of the natural disaster in Himachal, especially in the Mandi region is extremely alarming," he said, adding that, "In this hour of grief, the BJP has remained active on the ground to support the people. We have distributed relief material and provided medical assistance-and we will continue to do so. Our elected representatives are doing their part." Meanwhile, Himachal health minister Dhani Ram Shandil also visited the disaster affected areas in Seraj on Monday and took stock of the damage and relief and rehabilitation work. He met the disaster affected people and expressed the commitment of the state government to stand united with them and provide all possible help. He said that the state government has taken effective steps for relief and rehabilitation work in Seraj assembly constituency. "The state government has released seven crore rupees to the Seraj area with immediate effect. The families who became homeless in the disaster will be provided Rs.7 lakh for house construction and five thousand rupees per month as house rent for six months. The state government will also give compensation for the goods and livestock of damaged houses," the minister said. Meanwhile, leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur said that due to the disaster, all structures related to horticulture, agriculture and floriculture have been completely destroyed. "These sectors are the main sources of livelihood for the people here and their devastation has left many struggling. Many farmers had undertaken this work by taking loans through the Kisan Credit Card. Now, with everything destroyed, the loans remain while the means to repay them are gone. Therefore, I urge the government to make arrangements to waive off the Kisan Credit Card loans of the disaster-affected people so they can be spared the double burden of a natural disaster and bank interest," he said. The vehicular movement was again disrupted on Monday morning on the Mandi-Kullu stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway after a fresh landslide near the 4-mile mark in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. Hours later, the one-way traffic movement was restored on the stretch. The landslide had left hundreds of people stuck in traffic jams. Earlier, the one-way traffic movement was restored on Sunday evening after more than 24 hours as the traffic was blocked on the highway following a landslide on Saturday. Traffic had been restored from around 4pm to 11pm on Sunday after the stretch was cleared of debris from Saturday afternoon's massive landslide. The stretch was again closed during Sunday night and was opened for one-way traffic on Monday afternoon after debris was cleared from the road at the four-mile mark. According to the state emergency operation centre, as many as 192 roads remained blocked in Himachal on Monday with the highest, 146, roads blocked in Mandi district alone. The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Shimla office has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places in parts of the state till July 18. While a heavy to very heavy rainfall activity is expected on July 15, heavy rainfall activity is expected from July 16 to 18. The weather office has issued an orange alert of heavy to very rainfall for July 15 (Tuesday) at isolated places in Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur districts, while a yellow alert has been sounded in Bilaspur, Kangra, Kullu and Mandi districts. According to MeT department officials, the monsoon activity was normal over the state during the last 24 hours. During this period, light to moderate rainfall was observed at many places and heavy rain was observed at isolated places. The highest of 7 cm was recorded in Rajgarh, followed by Khadrala (4 cm), Pachhad (4 cm), Mandi (3 cm), Sangrah (3 cm), Bhuntar Aero (2 cm), Shimla (1 cm)....