Stranded travellers were rescued by city police when roads closed in the middle of the night due to heavy snowfall in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.<br /><br />The incident took place on February 3 near the city of Shimla, with footage showing police shovelling free cars that had been trapped by the huge snowdrifts.<br /><br />Other passengers that had been stranded in their cars on the highway can be seen working alongside the police to dig a passage free together.
