Monsoon tracker highlights | Highways blocked after landslides in hilly states; floods in Mizoram, Tripura prompt evacuation

Heavy monsoon rains continued for the last 36 hours wreaked havoc in many parts of Himachal’s Sirmaur district, prompting the Paonta administration to declare a holiday for educational institutions on Friday.

According to official information, landslides occurred at several places in the rural areas of the district, but no loss of life has been reported so far, except the death of one ox that slipped into a deep ravine near Shillai late on Thursday night.

The main rivers Sirmaur, Tons, Yamuna, Bata, Giri and Markanda, and dozens of streams are in flood. The administration advised people to stay away from them.

Paonta sub-divisional officer Dwij Goyal has declared a holiday for all government and private educational institutions in Paonta sub-division of Himachal’s Sirmaur district on Friday in view of the warning issued by the India Meteorological Department for heavy rains and thunderstorms.

– PTI