Reports said more than 300 vehicles, carrying tourists and locals, have been stuck since Sunday between Keylong and the Rohtang Pass and work was on to clear the landslide debris.

Rail traffic bound for Himachal Pradesh beyond Ropar town in Punjab has been snapped since Sunday owing to damage to the tracks, officials said. Twelve trains were suspended. Train services between Shimla and Kalka, which were disrupted on Sunday after landslips, was normal.

The local Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday said the state received the highest ever rainfall for a 24-hour period since records began almost 70 years ago.