Shimla, July 28
The Monsoon rain wreaked havoc on Thursday as a cloudburst washed away 11 houses in Nirmand Tehsil of Kullu district, and one person drowned in Baner khad of Kangra district. Also, many roads were affected by landscape and hefty rainfall. State Disaster Management authority spokesperson confirmed that an incident of Cloud Burst occurred at Chanaighad Tehsil Nirmand sub- division Anni, District Kullu, at around 5.30 pm on Thursday. The flash flood washed away
and damaged 10-12 houses, and 06 humans were injured in the incident. The injured persons are
Srishti D/O Govind, Vimala Devi W/O Govind Ram Village Charnaigad, Rakesh &. Rajesh both S/O Jai Ram Village Charnai Gad, Saroj W/O Gopal village Chanaigarh, Vand Asha Devi D/O Guddu Village Charnai Gad.
In another mishap man drowned in Baner khad Near Chhota Haridwar, District Kangra, due to a sudden increase in the water level, making one person drown away. QRT teams and Police Department started the search and rescue operation. Missing identified as Surender Singh s/o Banka Ram r/o near sawji Mandi ward no 4 tehsil and district Kangra.
Meanwhile, a Landslide has occurred at Solan Meenus road near Chongtalli, due to which one road has been blocked. The landslide caused an estimated loss of Rs. 1,00,000/.
Flash Flood has occurred at Karpat under sub-Division Udaipur in Lahaul Spiti district. The Keylong-Udaipur road has been blocked, and abutment of the temporary bridge was damaged. Restoration work will be start tomorrow morning.
A Landslide occurred between Raskat to Barsani under Subdivision Manikaran of Kullu district. Manikaran road also has been blocked, and restoration work is under process.
In Shimla district, one died, and three were injured in an incident of shooting stones, hitting a Vehicle(Innova Crysta) near Basantpur, Sunni
District Shimla. Injured persons shifted to IGMC Shimla for treatment.
So far, in this monsoon season, 21 major landslide incidents have occurred in the state. The state disaster management authority also said 59 roads, 61 power transmission lines and 20 water supply schemes are affected by the monsoon rain.
Indian Meteorological Department has issued Red and Orange Alerts for many places in the state. People are cautioned not to venture near water streams and in spatted rivers.
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