Crores of rupees and lockers were washed away in Himachal’s flood! See the condition inside the bank
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In the past few days, cloudburst and heavy rains have caused heavy destruction in many areas of Himachal Pradesh. Its maximum impact has been seen in Mandi. Not only this, 78 people died and 37 people went missing in the destruction caused by the rain. At the same time, 115 people are still injured.
In such a situation, the NDRF team is working to find the missing people. Here, let us also tell you that once again the Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for rain in Sirmaur, Kangra and Mandi.
The effect of the destruction that happened in Mandi was also seen in Thunang town and the only Himachal Co-operative Bank present here was also destroyed. People used to deposit lakhs of rupees in this bank daily, people’s jewelry was kept in the locker. The first floor of the two-storey Himachal Co-operative Bank has been completely destroyed.
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It is not known what condition the jewellery worth crores of rupees and lakhs of rupees is in inside this building which is stuck amidst hundreds of tons of debris. On the condition of anonymity, a bank employee said that it is difficult to estimate the amount of money inside but the extent of damage to the locker will be known only after the debris is removed.
Some local people whose savings are in the locker are guarding it because many thieves have also become active in this natural disaster who are stealing people’s valuables that have been washed away with the water.
The first floor of Himachal Co-operative Bank is filled with water and debris. The flow of water was so much that the shutter of one side was uprooted while two shutters have become crooked. The bank manager is estimating the damage outside the bank.
The bank was in the middle of Thunang market, so about 150 traders of the market had accounts here and their transactions took place.
Local trader Hari Mohan said that this was the only bank in this town with a population of 8000, which was old and there was a lot of transactions, but at present the cash, documents and lockers kept in the bank have all turned into rubble.
