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Nearly 400 pilgrims who were coming after "Sindhu Darshan" from Leh towards Manali also got stuck near Zingzing Bar. MANALI: A cloudburst in the area between Patseo and Zingzing Bar , 166km from here, blocked the Manali-Leh highway at 9pm on Tuesday night and left 1200 tourists stuck on both sides of the damaged road for over 17 hours. "Hundreds of tourists were stranded on both sides of the damaged portion of the road. The major rivers and their tributaries are carrying large amount of silt after heavy downpour in the hills. The entire region is experiencing heavy rain since Tuesday.Border Roads Organization (BRO) commandant Lieutenant Colonel Vijay Kumar said," We could not clear the debris at night as flow of water was very high..