Shimla, Sept. 2 -- A 35-year-old man and his 10-year-old daughter were among five people killed due to landslides triggered by heavy rain that disrupted essential services in Shimla district, officials said on Monday.

In Junga, Virender Kumar and his daughter were killed when a landslide buried their house along with their cattle. His wife survived as she was outside at the time. In Kotkhai's Chol village, an elderly woman, Kalavati, died early on Monday morning when her house collapsed in a landslide. A 23-year-old girl died when a house collapsed in Jubbal's Badhal village. A house collapsed in Sirmaur's Shaimi due to falling of huge rocks from the hill leaving a woman dead.

The DDMA said that landslides have also affected several par...