A delegation of 78 corporators from Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), a few of them with their family members and about 13 support staff from the civic body, had to face an ordeal of over 10 hours, when the bus in which they were travelling was stranded on NH-3 (Kullu-Manali) route, since wee hours of Saturday, due to landslides caused by cloud bursts.
Following a herculean effort by the local officials of Himachal Pradesh and the Indian Army, the bus moved around 12 noon on Saturday, after the road was cleared.
The GVMC corporators are on study tour to various Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) since August 16. They visited Delhi and Kullu corporations and were returning to Delhi and the landslide took place near Mandi, on Saturday night around 1 a.m. The corporators have been stranded since then. The landslide reportedly occurred about 1 kilometre ahead of the bus in which the GVMC delegation was present. Fortunately, all of them are safe.
