Shimla: As many as 170 students who were stranded amid heavy snowfall near Kufri in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla were rescued early on Saturday, police said.
The 90 students from Maharashtra and 80 students from Rajasthan were on a tourist trip to the state but got stuck in snowfall near Kufri on Friday evening, Shimla Superintendent of Police Omapati Jamwal said.
The bus carrying the students from Maharashtra skidded at Fagu near Kufri around 8 pm while on their way to Manali that left them stranded in snowfall, the police officer said.
Dhalli SHO Rajkumar and his team rescued and took them to a safer place at a nearby resort where they 
are staying for now, the police official added.
While the SHO-headed team was coming back towards Hassan Valley after clearing Charrabara-Kufri section of the road in which 300 vehicles were stranded, the team found more than 80 light motor vehicles and two tourist buses stuck in snow accumulated on the road, Mr Jamwal said.
The tourist buses were at an isolated place around half-a-kilometre away from Hassan Valley carrying the students from Rajasthan including 35 girls, he added.