Cloudburst wreaks havoc in Himachal, 10 people died in Mandi; 406 roads closed

Clouds burst at 11 places in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. 20 houses were damaged and 15 cattle sheds were damaged. 406 roads are closed in the state after the rain. Apart from this, 1515 transformers are out of order in the state while about 171 drinking water schemes have been damaged.

The highest rainfall in the state during the last 24 hours was 223.6 ml in Sandhol of Mandi district. The maximum temperature in the state has dropped by one to two degrees. The maximum temperature in Kangra was recorded 11 degrees below normal on Tuesday. The highest temperature in the state was 31.5 degrees in Dhaula Kuan while 31.4 degrees was recorded in Una.

Five migrants who had gone to catch fish in the Swan river located in Basal village adjoining Una got stuck in the middle due to rising water level. On receiving the information, policemen and home guards rescued them safely after about two and a quarter hours. Workers working at Kotlanala in Solan city had a narrow escape after a landslide from a hillock on a building under construction on Tuesday afternoon.

Cloudburst at 7 places in Mandi

Meanwhile, cloudburst in Mandi district on Tuesday has caused heavy loss of life and property. 10 people died while 30 people are missing after houses collapsed and flood waters were washed away due to cloudburst at seven places in Gohar, Karsog, Thunag and Dharampur sub-divisions. Five people died in Gohar sub-division, four in Seraj and one in Karsog.

Villagers and administration have rescued 132 people. Two houses were submerged in the flood in Juuni Khad in Syanj area of ​​Gohar sub-division. Due to this, nine members of their family including Jhabe Ram and Padam Dev were washed away. Among them, the body of Devku Devi was found on the banks of Beas river in Dehra of Kangra district and Uma Devi in ​​Jogindernagar sub-division. NDRF and SDRF have launched a search operation to find the missing people.

Six people were buried under the debris when a house collapsed in Bara Panchayat. A mother and son died in this. Four people were saved after a three-hour rescue operation. In Parwada, a mother, son and daughter-in-law were swept away in the strong current of the drain. The son’s body has been recovered. A five-year-old girl survived safely. Cloudburst has caused massive destruction in Bagsyad, Thunag and Janjehli of Saraj subdivision. 19 people, including the relatives of a school employee, were swept away, out of which four bodies have been recovered. 15 people are still missing.

Hundreds of deodar trees have been swept away in Chulathaj. One person died and four are missing due to cloudburst in Sakrol and Kutti of Karsog. Power generation has been stalled in Larji and Dahar power houses for 28 hours. The 16 MW Patikari project has suffered heavy damage. Five bridges have been washed away across the district. Electricity, water and communication services are disrupted in Seraj constituency. Syathi village of Dharampur subdivision has been razed to the ground. 10 houses have been destroyed here.

The under-construction structure has suffered heavy damage due to landslide at the portal of Bijni tunnel on Pathankot-Mandi four lane. Kiratpur-Manali four lane remained closed overnight due to debris near Jhalogi and more than 1000 vehicles were stranded. At night, the inflow of water in the Beas river reached 1.63 lakh cusecs. Many people got stranded due to waterlogging in Mandi city, who were shifted to relief camps set up in Vipasa Sadan and Gurudwara.

Deputy Commissioner Mandi Apoorv Devgan coordinated with disaster management teams throughout the night and rescued hundreds of people safely. He visited other affected areas including Gohar, Karsog, Balichowki and Thunag and reviewed the relief and rehabilitation works. 24 houses and 12 cattle sheds have been damaged in the district. More than 70 cattle have died and property worth crores has been damaged.

Train wheels stopped due to landslide on Kalka-Shimla railway track

The wheels of the train going to Shimla stopped due to landslide in Solan and Salogra on Kalka-Shimla railway track on Tuesday. At 1 pm, stones fell on the track in Solan, which was cleared by the railway workers, and at 2:45 pm, heavy debris fell on the track near Salogra. All trains coming from Shimla to Kalka ran a little late from the scheduled time.

Possibility of heavy rain till July 3

The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain in the state till July 3, while heavy rain may occur at some places on July 4 and 5. In these, very heavy rain has been warned in Kangra and Solan and heavy rain at some places in Mandi, Hamirpur, Una, Bilaspur, Shimla and Sirmaur. The Meteorological Department has predicted more than normal rainfall in July.

Loss of Rs 500 crore estimated so far: Sukhu

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has said that the loss in the state is estimated to be Rs 500 crore so far. The loss may increase further. Instructions have been given to speed up relief and rehabilitation in the areas where damage has occurred. The state government is standing with the people in the hour of disaster and is making every possible effort to deal with every situation.

The state government is working to ensure that people do not face any kind of problem, whether it is electricity supply or road facility is smooth. Talking to journalists in Naidun on Tuesday, he said that 287 people affected by the disaster have been rescued and every effort is being made to find those who went missing during the disaster. For this, police battalion and home guard teams have been appointed in the NDRF team.