Six killed, 13 feared useless in Himachal flash flood, landslide; cloudburst reported in Dehradun
By PTI
SHIMLA: Six individuals have been killed and 13 others have been feared useless in separate incidents of flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, officers mentioned on Saturday.
Twenty-two individuals, who have been stranded following a flash flood within the state’s Hamirpur district, have been evacuated safely, they mentioned.
According to officers, trains between Jogindernagar-Pathankot route have been suspended after the Chakki bridge in Kangra district collapsed within the morning resulting from heavy rains.
The railway authorities had declared the bridge unsafe.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed condolences over the deaths and mentioned that administration is finishing up rescue operations on war-footing within the affected districts.
According to officers, three individuals have been killed after their home collapsed following a landslide triggered by rains in Chamba district.
The Chamba district emergency operation centre (DEOC) mentioned the landslide occurred at Banet village in Chowari tehsil round 4.
30 am following which a home collapsed, killing three individuals.
In Mandi, a lady was killed and 13 others have been feared useless in a landslide and flash flood triggered by heavy rains, officers mentioned.
The physique of a lady has recovered about half-a-km away from her home in Baghi Nullah on Mandi-Katola-Prashar highway on Friday night time, whereas 5 members of her household have been washed away, state catastrophe administration division officers mentioned.
Several households additionally left their homes positioned between Baghi to Old Katola areas after a cloud burst and took shelter at protected locations, the division added.
Besides, eight members of one other household are additionally feared buried below the particles of their home following a landslide at Kashan village in Gohar improvement block, the division added.
However, the our bodies haven’t been retrieved but, it mentioned.
Several roads in Mandi district have additionally been blocked following flash floods and a number of landslides.
Several autos have been broken and plenty of villagers have been caught of their homes as water entered their homes and retailers at Balh, Sadar, Thunag, Mandi and Lamathach, officers mentioned.
Schools in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district will stay closed on Saturday resulting from ongoing incessant rains, a senior administration official mentioned.
Several autos parked alongside the highway have been broken and residents remained caught inside their homes, they mentioned.
In Kangra, a ‘kacha’ home collapsed killing a nine-year-old baby, officers mentioned.
In one other incident on this district, a 48-year-old man, recognized as Bal Mukund, was killed in Lahar village following a landslide, they mentioned.
Officials mentioned two pillars of the Kangra valley Chakki river rail bridge was additionally washed away resulting from a flash flood.
The Pathankot -Mandi nationwide freeway has been closed for site visitors following landslides at completely different locations.
Himachal Pradesh’s catastrophe administration division has issued a warning for landslides resulting from heavy rains predicted within the state until August 25.
Precipitation is prone to improve through the subsequent 24 hours for the next three-four days with spells of heavy rainfall in elements of Kangra, Chamba, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Hamirpur, Una and Bilaspur districts, state catastrophe administration division director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta mentioned.
Mokhta requested district emergency operations centres (DEOCs) to take sufficient security measures as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, rock-slides, sudden will increase in water stage in rivers, poor visibility and disruption of important companies might happen through the interval.
Meanwhile, the Kangra district administration has issued an advisory, asking vacationers and folks to not go close to rivers and streams after the India Meteorological Department predicted reasonable to heavy rainfall until August 28.
Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, Dr Nipun Jindal mentioned, “Tourists and the general public are advised not to go near rivers, streams and other water bodies. Similarly, areas vulnerable to the landslide should also be avoided”.
He additionally requested authorities to stay alert and reply to any scenario which will come up out of the scenario.
Jindal mentioned the deputy director of the schooling division has already been instructed to conduct on-line courses in faculties.
A cloudburst hit a village right here within the early hours of Saturday, inflicting rivers to breach their banks and wash away bridges, officers mentioned.
Water additionally entered the caves of Tapkeshwar, a well-known Shiva temple on the banks of the Tons river, which was in spate, they mentioned.
The cloudburst occurred round 2.15 am in Sarkhet village within the Raipur space, the officers mentioned.
A bridge over the Song river close to Thano has washed away.
The Kempty Falls, a well-liked vacationer spot close to Mussoorie, was additionally flowing dangerously, they mentioned.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the affected areas close to Thano and instructed officers to make various preparations for restoring vehicular motion.
“The administration is fully alert. Disaster relief teams are already at work in the affected areas. The Army’s help may also be taken if needed,” he mentioned.
Dhami was accompanied by Raipur MLA Umesh Sharma Kau and Garhwal commissioner Sushil Kumar.
Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi and Dehradun District Magistrate Sonika additionally visited the affected areas to evaluate the harm.
An 80-year-old girl was trapped within the particles that entered a home within the Kirtinagar space of Tehri district.
Mud entered houses in over a dozen villages following the cloudburst, prompting the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to shift the affected individuals to protected places.
The affected villages embody Maldevta, Bhutsi, Tauliyakatal, Thatyud, Lavarkha, Ringalgadh, Dhuttu, Ragad Gaon and Sarkhet, in line with the officers.
The affected residents have been shifted to varsities and panchayat buildings, mentioned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dhanolti, Lakshmi Raj Chauhan.
The Raipur-Kumalda motor highway has been blocked resulting from particles at plenty of locations, he mentioned.
The Rishikesh-Badrinath freeway is blocked at Totaghati, the Rishikesh-Gangotri freeway is blocked at Nagni, and the Narendranagar-Ranipokhri motor highway is blocked at a number of factors, Chauhan mentioned.
SHIMLA: Six individuals have been killed and 13 others have been feared useless in separate incidents of flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, officers mentioned on Saturday.
Twenty-two individuals, who have been stranded following a flash flood within the state’s Hamirpur district, have been evacuated safely, they mentioned.
According to officers, trains between Jogindernagar-Pathankot route have been suspended after the Chakki bridge in Kangra district collapsed within the morning resulting from heavy rains.
The railway authorities had declared the bridge unsafe.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed condolences over the deaths and mentioned that administration is finishing up rescue operations on war-footing within the affected districts.
According to officers, three individuals have been killed after their home collapsed following a landslide triggered by rains in Chamba district.
The Chamba district emergency operation centre (DEOC) mentioned the landslide occurred at Banet village in Chowari tehsil round 4.
30 am following which a home collapsed, killing three individuals.
In Mandi, a lady was killed and 13 others have been feared useless in a landslide and flash flood triggered by heavy rains, officers mentioned.
The physique of a lady has recovered about half-a-km away from her home in Baghi Nullah on Mandi-Katola-Prashar highway on Friday night time, whereas 5 members of her household have been washed away, state catastrophe administration division officers mentioned.
Several households additionally left their homes positioned between Baghi to Old Katola areas after a cloud burst and took shelter at protected locations, the division added.
Besides, eight members of one other household are additionally feared buried below the particles of their home following a landslide at Kashan village in Gohar improvement block, the division added.
However, the our bodies haven’t been retrieved but, it mentioned.
Several roads in Mandi district have additionally been blocked following flash floods and a number of landslides.
Several autos have been broken and plenty of villagers have been caught of their homes as water entered their homes and retailers at Balh, Sadar, Thunag, Mandi and Lamathach, officers mentioned.
Schools in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district will stay closed on Saturday resulting from ongoing incessant rains, a senior administration official mentioned.
Several autos parked alongside the highway have been broken and residents remained caught inside their homes, they mentioned.
In Kangra, a ‘kacha’ home collapsed killing a nine-year-old baby, officers mentioned.
In one other incident on this district, a 48-year-old man, recognized as Bal Mukund, was killed in Lahar village following a landslide, they mentioned.
Officials mentioned two pillars of the Kangra valley Chakki river rail bridge was additionally washed away resulting from a flash flood.
The Pathankot -Mandi nationwide freeway has been closed for site visitors following landslides at completely different locations.
Himachal Pradesh’s catastrophe administration division has issued a warning for landslides resulting from heavy rains predicted within the state until August 25.
Precipitation is prone to improve through the subsequent 24 hours for the next three-four days with spells of heavy rainfall in elements of Kangra, Chamba, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Hamirpur, Una and Bilaspur districts, state catastrophe administration division director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta mentioned.
Mokhta requested district emergency operations centres (DEOCs) to take sufficient security measures as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, rock-slides, sudden will increase in water stage in rivers, poor visibility and disruption of important companies might happen through the interval.
Meanwhile, the Kangra district administration has issued an advisory, asking vacationers and folks to not go close to rivers and streams after the India Meteorological Department predicted reasonable to heavy rainfall until August 28.
Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, Dr Nipun Jindal mentioned, “Tourists and the general public are advised not to go near rivers, streams and other water bodies. Similarly, areas vulnerable to the landslide should also be avoided”.
He additionally requested authorities to stay alert and reply to any scenario which will come up out of the scenario.
Jindal mentioned the deputy director of the schooling division has already been instructed to conduct on-line courses in faculties.
A cloudburst hit a village right here within the early hours of Saturday, inflicting rivers to breach their banks and wash away bridges, officers mentioned.
Water additionally entered the caves of Tapkeshwar, a well-known Shiva temple on the banks of the Tons river, which was in spate, they mentioned.
The cloudburst occurred round 2.15 am in Sarkhet village within the Raipur space, the officers mentioned.
A bridge over the Song river close to Thano has washed away.
The Kempty Falls, a well-liked vacationer spot close to Mussoorie, was additionally flowing dangerously, they mentioned.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the affected areas close to Thano and instructed officers to make various preparations for restoring vehicular motion.
“The administration is fully alert. Disaster relief teams are already at work in the affected areas. The Army’s help may also be taken if needed,” he mentioned.
Dhami was accompanied by Raipur MLA Umesh Sharma Kau and Garhwal commissioner Sushil Kumar.
Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi and Dehradun District Magistrate Sonika additionally visited the affected areas to evaluate the harm.
An 80-year-old girl was trapped within the particles that entered a home within the Kirtinagar space of Tehri district.
Mud entered houses in over a dozen villages following the cloudburst, prompting the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to shift the affected individuals to protected places.
The affected villages embody Maldevta, Bhutsi, Tauliyakatal, Thatyud, Lavarkha, Ringalgadh, Dhuttu, Ragad Gaon and Sarkhet, in line with the officers.
The affected residents have been shifted to varsities and panchayat buildings, mentioned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dhanolti, Lakshmi Raj Chauhan.
The Raipur-Kumalda motor highway has been blocked resulting from particles at plenty of locations, he mentioned.
The Rishikesh-Badrinath freeway is blocked at Totaghati, the Rishikesh-Gangotri freeway is blocked at Nagni, and the Narendranagar-Ranipokhri motor highway is blocked at a number of factors, Chauhan mentioned.
