Dharamshala/Shimla, Sept. 12 -- The rain battered hill state is still struggling with roads connectivity, with 580 roads, including three national highways, still blocked on Thursday. It included 204 roads blocked in Kullu district, followed by 141 in Mandi, 72 in Shimla and 44 in Kangra district. In Kullu district, NH-305 and NH-03 continued to remain blocked on Thursday, while NH-503 A remained blocked in Una district. However, traffic was restored from both sides at the block point of National Highway-5 in Nigulsari Kinnaur. As the movement started on the NH 5 in Nigulsari, the Kinnaur police issued an advisory appealing to the orchardists, truck unions and arthiyas that keeping in mind the condition of the roads they should load only 400 boxes in transportation vehicles. Revenue, horticulture, tribal development and public grievance redressal minister Jagat Singh Negi is supervising the restoration work and has been on the block spot for the last five days and ensured the traffic is completely restored. "Overcoming the challenges of swamp and adverse weather the movement of vehicles was restored from both sides of the block point," said Negi, adding "Congress government is a farmer-horticulturist friendly government and the hard work of the gardeners throughout the year is being given utmost priority to take their cash crops to the markets". He said, "After the route was restored on Wednesday and safe movement of vehicles was ensured till 10 pm. Today, the traffic was restored from 6 am and all the vehicles were removed first from Rampur side". Negi informed that repair work is required at sensitive places of the block point due to which there is a hindrance in the movement of vehicles, therefore he urged the people to maintain patience and provide cooperation to the workers and others engaged in the restoration work. The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Shimla office has predicted rainfall to continue in many parts of Himachal till September 17. According to MeT department officials, light to moderate rainfall is very likely at a few places on September 12 and later from September 15 to 17, and at many places on September 13 and 14. The weather office has sounded a yellow alert of heavy rainfall for September 13 in Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi and Sirmaur districts, followed by a yellow alert in Una, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi and Sirmaur districts on September 14. Kullu deputy commissioner and chairman, district disaster management authority, Torul S Raveesh, issued orders to close all educational institutions in both Banjar and Manali sub-divisions on September 12....