Monsoon rain damages number of houses and road in Himachal
Old photo of a road damage in Sirmour district. Photo used for indicative purpose only
Monsoon rain damages number of houses and road in Himachal
Shimla, July 5
The South West Monsoon rain lashed most places of Himachal Pradesh this morning disrupting normal life again, confirmed the state administration. They said that flash flood, landslides and rising of water level washed away the arable lands in Una and affected vehicular traffic in Sirmaur district.
The revival of monsoon rain disrupted vehicular traffic on Nahan-Renuka road, following series of landslides near Badolia bridge near Dadahu. The movement of vehicles has been disrupted due to the accumulation of debris on the road and long queues of vehicles have formed on both sides of the bridge.
This roads also affected by recent rainfall as landslide incident hit near the Badolia bridge. Number of vehicles are stranding on the both side of landslides on the highway. The administration have directed the Public Works Department to clear the road after restoration of the blockage.
Earlier this morning flash flood incident also occurred under Village Khad of Haroli subdivision in Una district. In rush of water about eight to ten houses were also damaged. A car also struck in the flash flood water but the occupants were rescued before the mishap.
The Indian Meteorological Department already sound advisory of very heavy rainfall, thunder storm in some places in next 24 hrs. The local people and tourists are cautioned of Traffic congestions, poor visibly and disruption of power supply in the rain affected areas.
Beside this damage occur to the standing crops, fruit plants and young seedlings moreover state administration have ordered the concerned departments to take adequate safety measure. There are report that about 24 roads and 22 power transmission lines are affected by the recent rainfall. According to the state revenue Department during this monsoon state suffered total loss of Rs 262.2 Cr. and total crop areas tunes to 300 Hectare washed away and affected in the state.
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