A large number of commuters had a narrow escape as a massive landslide occurred near Pattshall on the Rohru-Theog highway in upper Shimla on Wednesday.
The terrifying footage was captured by an onlooker on a mobile phone moments before the boulders and muck came crashing down.
Panic griped the people there and they could be heard shouting “run, run, the hill is coming down”.
Commuters in the video can be seen frantically reversing their cars as the hillside started giving way, uprooting trees and sending big rocks onto the road.
Many people have been stranded as the road has been closed for traffic.
“It looks like a never-ending ordeal for the people as such a landslides on Jubbal-Theog road have become a common phenomenon,” said Chaman Tanta, a resident of Mihana village in Jubbal who was among those stranded.
The landslide was caused after three days of heavy rains in the state. The clip appeared to have been captured by people standing at some distance away from the landslide.
