Himachal Pradesh: Bridge Collapses After Landslide in Chamba, Traffic Halted

Traffic was halted on Chamba-Bharmour National Highway after a bridge collapsed following a landslide incident in Himachal on Sunday morning.

New Delhi: Traffic on Chamba-Bharmour National Highway came to a grinding halt after a bridge collapsed following a landslide incident in Himachal's Chamba district on Sunday morning, officials said, as reported by the news agency ANI. According to State Emergency Operation Centre officials, the incident took place in Loona area of Bharmour village on the outskirts of Chamba district.

"An incident of Landslide occurred at Loona Bharmour District Chamba. In the Incident bridge has been totally collapsed and (NH-154 A) Chamba to Bharmour has been totally snapped," Chamba district emergency operation centre (DEOC) officials said in a statement, ANI quoted. However, no casualty has been reported, DEOC officials added.

According to Chamba Deputy Commissioner D C Rana, it was a 20 meters long bridge on the national highway 154-A that connects the Bharmour sub division (tribal area) with Chamba. "Road connectivity to the entire area has been disrupted after the incident," Rana said.
Further details into the matter are awaited.

Earlier on Friday evening, two vehicles were damaged after the Choli Bridge in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh collapsed. "An incident of bridge collapse occurred at Choli Bridge near Holi District Chamba at around 7.30 pm. In this incident, the bridge collapsed completely, and due to this two vehicles - a car and a tipper truck fell down," DEOC officials had said.

District Administration and Revenue department officials have rushed to the spot immediately after receiving the information of the incident from locals of the area.

“An incident of bridge collapse occurred at Choli Bridge near Holi District Chamba at around 7.30 pm. In this incident, the bridge collapsed completely, and due to this two vehicles – a car and a tipper truck fallen down,” Chamba District emergency operation centre (DEOC) officials said, as quoted by the news agency PTI.

“Tehsildar and SHO have rushed to the spot,” they said. The officials informed us that no causalities have been reported yet and the search operation is underway.