AS MANY as 50 foreign tourists, including several Britons, remained stranded in a north Indian valley last night, after roads were closed because of landslides.
Seventy-five tourists have been unable to travel away from the Spiti Valley, in the foothills of the Himalayas, because of rain and snow.
Superintendent of police S R Rana said: “Around 75 tourists are still stuck at different locations in and around Kaza town, in the Spiti Valley, after the closure of roads due to landslides.
“The domestic tourists are mostly from West Bengal, whereas the foreign tourists are from France, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Israel and the US.”
The exact number of each nationality was not immediately known. Spiti Valley, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, is unreachable because the roads connecting it to the rest of the country have been shut for the landslides to be cleared.
The district is mainly populated by tribal people. They are sometimes cut off from the rest of the country for more than six months a year, due to heavy snowfall.
