Shimla highway blocked, cloudburst in Dharmshala leave Himachal in distress

  • | Tuesday | 13th July, 2021

As per the viral videos, the cloudburst has occurred over Dharamshala which has triggered flash floods in the area. The cloudburst has blocked the national highway near Jhakri in Rampur area of Shimla district. There is no report of loss of lives.

Heavy and continuous rainfall has wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh`s Dharamshala on Monday. A cloudburst has occurred in the Kangra district of the state on Monday morning. It has caused severe damages to the public properties in Bhagsu village.

As per the viral videos, the cloudburst has occurred over Dharamshala which has triggered flash floods in the area. The cloudburst has blocked the national highway near Jhakri in Rampur area of Shimla district. There is no report of loss of lives.

The process of clearing the road had begun with officials making their way to the site.

Kangra was the worst-hit district in the state and both deaths were recorded there.

A nine-year-old girl from Chahdi village under Nagrota subdivision was swept away in the gushing water of a nullah adjoining her home when she was returning from the market. Her body was recovered after hours of searching by her family, villagers and police.

The second person to be killed was a woman whose body was recovered from the debris of a landslide in Rulehad Boh Valley. Another 12 were missing in Boh valley of Shahpur sub-division. Heavy rain is expected on Tuesday too.

One person and two buffaloes were washed away at Manjhi Khad.

A 23-year-old woman from Kullu returning to Manali after trekking in the Hamta area was swept away in a flooded nullah and is missing. A member of her trekking team was injured in the incident.

At Bhagsunag, near Dharamshala, several vehicles and some houses were washed away by water that roared out of an overflowing local nullah. Twenty-five people are stranded in Rulehad Boh Valley and Haled Darini, in Shahpur sub-division, two in Gajkhad and two more in Shahpur Khad.

All tourists are accounted for till now and have been advised to stay put wherever they are as heavy rain is expected on Tuesday too. Everyone, including locals, has been advised to keep away from rivers and nullahs. Some 80 tourists stranded for hours were rescued from the Triund area beyond McLeodganj.

Landslides caused by heavy rain blocked the Chandigarh-Manali national highway and bypass road.

The Manali-Leh highway was also partially blocked due to flash floods at three places. Two houses were partially damaged in Mandi district and one vehicle fell into the Chenab river in Lahaul valley. Electricity supply was also suspended at some places.

Himachal chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said heavy rainfall had caused extensive damage across the state. He said NDRF teams had been deployed for relief operations.


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