Shimla, July 13 -- Mandi to Kullu national highway was blocked following a landslide near 4 mile in Pandoh area near Mandi on Saturday evening. A landslide also occurred at Kainchi Mod near Pandoh Dam in Mandi district on Friday night following heavy rain, blocking the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway for 10 hours till Saturday noon. Mandi superintendent of police (SP) Sakshi Verma said work of removing debris is underway. As the rain halted the traffic was restored on the road after about 10 hours and one lane of the road was opened for vehicles though Volvo buses were not allowed till the filing of this report. The MeT department has predicted light to moderate rain at many places with one or two intense spells accompanied with light thunderstorm/lightning at isolated places in Mandi, Solan, Shimla and Sirmaur district in the next 12 hours along with light to moderate rain at few places in Kullu, Chamba and Kinnaur districts while light rain has been predicted at isolated places in remaining districts of the state. As per state emergency operation centre a total of 252 roads, including two national highways - Mandi to Dharampur via Kotli, and Mandi to Kullu near 4 mile and Bindravan were blocked on Saturday. Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur stressed on the need for rehabilitation of the disaster hit areas in Mandi district. Thakur, who on Saturday, visited Karsog assembly constituency, said, "This tragedy is very big and its effects are also very serious. There are more challenges in the coming time which the administration and the affected people will have to face. Those who want to help, should also help us in rehabilitation." Around 150 drinking water schemes have been partially restored in devastation hit Seraj constituency, said deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Saturday. He said that restoration work was being carried out on a war footing. Agnihotri said, "As many as 241 drinking water schemes were damaged due to the disaster, of which 150 have already been partially restored. The remaining schemes are being actively worked upon and the departmental teams are working round the clock to restore normal water supply at the earliest."...