Motorists in heavy vehicles have been advised to take alternate routes for to and fro journey between the state capital and Chandigarh.
Around 50-m stretch of the highway at Chakki Mod near Parwanoo was washed away late Tuesday night, officials said.
The police have directed the commuters to use alternative roads like Parwanoo-Jangeshu-Kala Amb-Nahan-Kumarhatti or Baddi-Nalagarh-Ramshehar-Kunihar to travel towards Shimla from Chandigarh.
–IANS
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