<p>Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Manipur's Noney district, blocking the Imphal-Silchar highway due to which at least 500 goods vehicles are stranded, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The landslides happened on the National Highway 37 between Irang and Awangkhul part 2, Khongsang and Awangkhul, and Rangkhui village on Wednesday, they said.</p>.Uttarakhand rains: Chopper pressed into service to rescue stranded pilgrims en route to Madmaheshwar.<p>Work is underway to clear the road, and re-start movement of traffic, officials said.</p>.<p>Incessant rains over the last few days triggered the landslides, they said.</p>.<p>At least 500 goods vehicles are stranded in different parts of the highway due to the landslides, they added.</p>.<p>In June last year, a massive landslide hit a railway construction site in the district, killing at least 61 people. The landslide happened at Tupul railway yard construction site of the Jiribam-Imphal railway line on June 30.</p>.<p>The supply of essential items is feared to be affected due to the landslides in the violence-hit state, where road blockades, which went on for days, affected the movement of goods vehicles, crippling daily lives.</p>.<p>Ethnic clashes broke out in the state in May, and have been continuing for more than three months, leading to the deaths of over 160 people. </p>
<p>Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Manipur's Noney district, blocking the Imphal-Silchar highway due to which at least 500 goods vehicles are stranded, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The landslides happened on the National Highway 37 between Irang and Awangkhul part 2, Khongsang and Awangkhul, and Rangkhui village on Wednesday, they said.</p>.Uttarakhand rains: Chopper pressed into service to rescue stranded pilgrims en route to Madmaheshwar.<p>Work is underway to clear the road, and re-start movement of traffic, officials said.</p>.<p>Incessant rains over the last few days triggered the landslides, they said.</p>.<p>At least 500 goods vehicles are stranded in different parts of the highway due to the landslides, they added.</p>.<p>In June last year, a massive landslide hit a railway construction site in the district, killing at least 61 people. The landslide happened at Tupul railway yard construction site of the Jiribam-Imphal railway line on June 30.</p>.<p>The supply of essential items is feared to be affected due to the landslides in the violence-hit state, where road blockades, which went on for days, affected the movement of goods vehicles, crippling daily lives.</p>.<p>Ethnic clashes broke out in the state in May, and have been continuing for more than three months, leading to the deaths of over 160 people. </p>