हिमाचल में बारिश से तबाही…3 की मौत: 24 घंटे में 13 गाड़ियां बही, स्कूल-घर गिरे, हफ्ते में नॉर्मल से 102% ज्यादा बादल बरसे

Vehicles washed away in flood in Mandi.

Monsoon has started creating havoc in Himachal with a bang. During the last 24 hours, 3 people died and one person was injured. Heavy rains damaged a pucca house, 13 vehicles and a school building. Five goats have died and 16 are missing due to being swept away in the flood. Government and non-government property worth Rs 2.56 crore has been destroyed due to the rains.

85 roads across the state are closed due to landslides at various places. Similarly, on the heritage Shimla-Kalka railway track, all trains have been closed for two days due to landslides at various places. This is affecting the movement of people.

Following heavy rains, the Chandigarh-Manali NH-21 was also blocked on Sunday evening after a landslide in seven miles. Due to this, hundreds of vehicles were stuck at various places till midnight. Tourists along with the local people also faced problems.

Traffic jam at night on Chandigarh-Manali NH after landslide in Seven Mile of Mandi district.

Yellow alert for the next five days from today

According to the Meteorological Department, the people of the state are not expected to get relief from the rains for the next five days. A yellow alert has been issued for heavy rains in the state for five days. During this, incidents like cloudburst can also be seen at some places.

Debris came to the house after cloud burst in Khairi of Hamirpur

102% more rain last week

On June 25, the state received 247 per cent more rainfall than normal. Between June 19 and 25, there was 102 percent more cloud cover than normal. There is no possibility of getting relief from rain for the next four to five days.

Except Una, Lahaul Spiti and Kinnaur, all other districts have received several times more rain than normal. Solan district has received 298 per cent more rainfall than normal, Hamirpur 295 and Mandi 278 per cent.

106 mm of rain in Dharamshala

During the last 24 hours, the highest rainfall of 106.6 mm was recorded in Dharamshala. Mandi received 56 mm of rain, Paonta Sahib 43, Chamba 24.5, Dalhousie 23 and Palampur 32.2 mm.

devastation here on sunday

On Sunday, more than a dozen vehicles were washed away due to floods in Tungadhar of Seraj in Mandi and Mohal Khad in Kullu. This caused damage to many houses. Stones, debris and trees are falling from the hills at various places on the Kalka-Shimla railway track.

21 goats were washed away in a drain after a cloudburst in Solan’s Mangal Panchayat. On the other hand, water entered shops and houses in Bartheen market of Bilaspur.