Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh was one of the 1,700 people stranded in the State due to the landslides triggered by incessant heavy rains and snow. Army assistance was sought for rescuing the stranded people, including Virbhadra Singh.
They have been stranded for the past 24-hours, in the tribal border district of Kinnaur. However, bad weather thwarted efforts to evacuate Singh from Sangla Valley as helicopters stationed in Rampur could not make sorties due to the rough weather. The Chief Minister had gone to Kinnaur for campaigning for Mandi parliamentary by-election from where his wife Pratibha Singh is contesting on a Congress ticket.