10,000 vehicles stuck in Himachal Pradesh snow

SHIMLA: Heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh has left 10,000 vehicles stranded across the state as most roads are closed. Apart from national highways, around 185 roads are blocked due to snowfall.
Tourists heading for Manali to enjoy snow were forced to walk from Patlikuhl, some 20km before Manali, as Kullu-Manali highway is still closed, a government official said. The local administrations have not been able to clear the snow till Sunday evening from roads in the tourist towns of Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie.
With blocked roads bringing traffic to a standstill, people are reeling under shortage of essential commodities in many places.
Meanwhile, three persons lost their lives in snow-related accidents. A woman and her son were killed in Pangi village of Kinnaur district after a snow-covered tree collapsed on their house while another person was swept away by an avalanche in village of Killar tehsil of Chamba district on Saturday.
Snapped power lines are still to be restored fully after the snowing. In the snowbound districts of Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba, Kullu and Shimla, hundreds of villages are plunged in darkness.