Himachal Pradesh: A 5-storey house collapsed in a few seconds, three women trapped in the strong current of the Beas river

Amidst the red alert, three national highways and more than 129 roads were blocked due to rain from Saturday night to Sunday. Meanwhile, 39 people have died in the state so far since the monsoon. All flights from Kangra, Shimla and Kullu airports were cancelled on Sunday. More than 612 transformers stopped working in the state and 6 drinking water schemes failed. On the other hand, the Kalka-Shimla heritage railway track was blocked due to debris and stone falling from the hill. Due to this, four up and down trains had to be cancelled, six trains were operational. Paonta-Shilai NH was closed for five hours near Chilon in Sirmaur. Apart from Nahan-Kumarhatti, the Kalka-Shimla National Highway was affected by stone falling from the hills at Chakkimor.

Five vehicles were buried under the debris due to landslides at various places in Shimla. Mother and daughter were imprisoned inside the house for hours due to debris entering the house in Sanjauli. Raw material of two industries was destroyed due to debris entering the house in Moginand of Sirmaur. The highway was closed for two hours near Naini Khad in Chamba. The temporary culvert on the ravine under the under-construction flyover near Kiratpur on the Pinjore-Nalagarh National Highway in BBN was washed away. Due to this, traffic between Pinjore-Baddi was stopped. The culvert built on the ravine on the Barotiwala-Bagguwala road was also washed away in the strong flow of water.

A five-storey house collapsed in no time

A five-storey house collapsed on Monday morning in Bhattakufar area of ​​Shimla city. According to councilor Narendra Thakur, this house was in danger due to the construction of four-lane. This area comes under Chamiyana Panchayat. This house was evacuated late at night. This house is said to be of a retired assistant engineer who died some time ago. Now his wife and family lived in it. They were safely evacuated from the house late on Sunday night. This house collapsed with a bang on Monday morning. Cracks have also appeared in another house at the spot. Local people say that due to wrong digging done for four lane construction, there is a danger of collapse of many houses in this area. At present, teams of district administration, police and four lane have reached the spot.

The house was evacuated
Shimla Rural Sub-Divisional Magistrate Manjeet Sharma said that Ranjana’s five-storey house collapsed at around 8 am. The house was evacuated last night itself. There has been no loss of life in this incident. There are three-four more buildings next to it, which seem to be in danger. A total of five houses nearby have been evacuated. It is being told that the ground here has become loose due to construction work. Relief work is going on. We have given Rs 50,000 as immediate relief to the owner of the collapsed building.

Himachal Pradesh University postponed PG examinations of June 30
Himachal Pradesh University has cancelled all the examinations of June 30 in view of the weather department’s red alert and the situation created by the heavy rain at night. The examination controller has asked to regularly monitor the university’s website for further orders.

Many buildings in Shimla in danger, cracks appear in the electricity board office

Many buildings in the capital Shimla are in danger of collapse due to landslides. Cracks have appeared in the electricity board office in New Shimla. A building in Krishna Nagar is also in danger. Houses in many other wards are also in danger due to landslides.

6 buildings in danger due to landslides, 6 vehicles buried

The first heavy rain of the monsoon has caused massive destruction in the capital. Six houses are in danger due to landslides and cracking of poles in many areas of the city. Six vehicles have also been damaged due to debris and falling trees. Silt in drinking water projects has stopped the water supply to the city.

Due to heavy rains since Saturday night, a landslide occurred in the Housing Board Colony in Mahli of the city at 3:00 am on Sunday. This has posed a threat to two government houses. The dam on their foundation has completely collapsed. According to the local people, construction work was going on on a private plot on the lower side of these buildings. Due to its digging, the dam of these houses built on the upper side of the hill cracked due to rain. Now tarpaulins have been installed here. There is a danger of the dam on the foundation of the buildings cracking further due to rain.

The dam on the foundation of a house in Neridhar of Bhattakufar also cracked. This has created a danger to the house. The dam on the foundation of a building in BCS has also cracked. According to councilor Asha Sharma, the dam cracked in the morning. If it is not repaired soon, the building may be in danger.

A tree fell near the Hateshwari temple in Patyog ward and damaged the gate of a house. Two more trees are about to fall here. A landslide has occurred on a plot in Khalini. Building construction work was going on here. According to councilor Chaman Prakash, tarpaulins have been installed.

Excavation work will be banned, corporation will issue instructions today

Excavation work will be banned in view of heavy rains in the capital Shimla. The Municipal Corporation will issue detailed guidelines in this regard on Monday. Mayor Surendra Chauhan has given instructions to the officials in this regard. Damage has been caused due to digging work in most of the wards in the city on Sunday as well. The Municipal Corporation usually bans digging work in the city as soon as the rainy season begins. This time this work was not banned yet. Due to this, construction work was going on in the city. The debris from the digging in the bathwell of Sanjauli reached another house. In Mehli too, two buildings have been endangered due to digging of the plot. In view of this, the corporation is going to ban digging related works in the city on Monday. Mayor Surendra Chauhan took stock of the damage by roaming around the city on Sunday.

Supply from Giri-Gumma stopped, water crisis in the city

The drinking water crisis in the capital has deepened. The city’s biggest drinking water project Gumma has come to a standstill due to silt caused by heavy rains. At the same time, the city has received less water due to pumping being stopped in Giri, Churrat and Koti Barandi. Due to this, most of the water storage tanks of the city became empty on Sunday morning. Water supply was not received in many areas even on the third day. Water will now be supplied to these areas on Monday, the fourth day. Looking at the silt, there is doubt whether water will come on the fourth day or not.

According to the drinking water company, silt has come in Gumma due to heavy rains. This project with a capacity of 22 MLD is closed since 8:00 am on Sunday. In Giri also, only two pumps were running instead of four on Sunday. Pumping could not start in the Churrat project till 7:00 pm late in the evening. Due to silt from Koti Barandi, the water supply for the city has been reduced to half. On the other hand, the pumping station of the booster stage of Chaba project is filled with water. Due to the rising water level of Sutlej, there is a danger of it getting submerged. However, these days water is not being lifted from this project for the city. The drinking water company says that due to heavy rains, silt has accumulated in the projects. The amount of silt is reaching 1800 NTU. Due to this, the water supply has had to be stopped.

Water crisis deepens in these areas of the city

Water did not come in Sangti, Navbahar, Malyana, Bhattakufar, Dhingudhar area of ​​Sanjauli zone of the city on Sunday, the third day as well. People have not got water for the third day in Kaithu, Bharari, Calston area of ​​Central zone as well. Water was supplied in the morning in Chota Shimla zone, but the tanks got empty after a few minutes. Water reached only a few buildings in Khalini. After this, the supply stopped. Water has not come in Kanlog, Nigam Vihar, Lower Khalini, Jhanjhiri etc. areas of this zone even on the third day. Now people may have to wait for water on the fourth day on Monday.

Monsoon rain wreaks havoc in Seraj

The first rain of monsoon has caused heavy devastation in Janjheli sub-division of Mandi district. 14 major roads of Public Works Department (PWD) Division Janjheli have been damaged due to landslides and crust, badly affecting the traffic system. According to preliminary assessment, the restoration of these roads will cost around Rs 55 lakh.

The affected roads include important roads like Mandi-Chail-Janjheli, Lambathach-Shilbagi-Kalhani, Thunag-Kelti-Jainshla, Thunag-Banyad-Mandehlu, Shiva Khad-Spehnidhar, and Jarol-Dhanyar. Traffic has come to a complete standstill on these roads due to landslides and debris at various places. The most damaged road has been Mandi-Chail-Janjheli (Rs 12 lakh) and Lambathach-Shilbagi-Kalhani road (Rs 9 lakh).

Local residents have demanded the administration to take immediate steps to repair and restore the roads so that normalcy can be restored in the area. PWD officials say that they are doing a detailed assessment of the damage and the work of opening the roads has been started on priority basis.

With the onset of monsoon, such incidents expose the weaknesses of the infrastructure in the area. Experts believe that better technology and planning is needed in the construction and maintenance of roads to deal with such disasters in future.

XEN Roshan Lal of PWD Division Janjheli said that the PWD has started immediate action and deployed one government and one private JCB machine to restore traffic by removing debris from the roads. According to the department, landslides caused by rain have blocked the roads at many places, due to which the local people are facing a lot of trouble in commuting. Three women of Daslu got trapped in the strong current of Beas river.

The sub-divisional administration in Kangra district has safely rescued three women trapped in the strong current of Beas river. The women had gone to the island in the Beas river to take their buffaloes which they had left three days ago, but due to sudden increase in the flow of the river, the women got trapped in the middle of the river, who were rescued safely by the sub-divisional administration after a lot of hard work.

According to the information, Surekha Devi, Anu Devi and Kamlesh Devi of Daslu village of Lambagaon Panchayat had left their buffaloes in the Beas river two days ago for grazing as usual, but the buffaloes have not returned home for three days. On Monday morning around 10 o’clock, when these three women were searching for their buffaloes in the Beas river, at that time there was water only on one side of the Beas river. But in a short while, the water level of the Beas river increased and there was a strong flow of water on the other side as well. These three women got trapped in the middle of the island in this flow.

Some person from the village saw them stranded on an island in the middle of the water and informed the local Halka Patwari Ashwani Chadak. As soon as the Halka Patwari got the information, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Jaisinghpur was informed. As soon as the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Jaisinghpur got the information, he reached the spot with his team along with the Halka Revenue Officers Ashwani, Sanjeev and Manoj. After a rescue operation that lasted for three hours, all three women were safely evacuated by boat around one o’clock.

Local Panchayat Pradhan Haridas was also present on the spot. In this regard, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Jaisinghpur Sanjeev Thakur said that people are being repeatedly warned not to go to the banks of the Beas river. But people are still not listening. He has said in a strict tone that if people do not listen despite the warning, then strict action will be taken against such people.