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Stranded tourists in Spiti Valley shifted; man killed in landslide during road clearing work

As many as 81 tourists stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley due to closure of roads after heavy snowfall have been shifted to safer places, police said on March 4.

An excavator operator engaged in clearing a blocked stretch on the Shimla-Kinnaur road on national highway 5 at Negulsari in Kinnaur died Monday morning after shooting stones fell on him. The deceased was identified as Madan (27), a resident of Kullu, officials said.

The Defence Geoinformatics Research Establishment (DGRE), Chandigarh has issued an avalanche warning for five districts of Chamba, Lahaul and Spiti, Kullu, Kinnaur and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh on Monday.

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