Continuous rains in Himachal Pradesh led to fresh landslides and lightning floods, which in turn caused sweeping shops, building collapse and disturbances of highways in the middle of inundation in residential areas, according to officials. In the middle of the monsoon chaos in the state, a pick-up was also swept away.
Officials noted that none of the incidents had led to death since Monday evening.
Isolated places in the districts of Kangra, Chamba and Lahaul and Spiti 26. August could witness heavy rains, warned the local meteorological office because it also released a “red” warning. For a heavy downpour in the districts of Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Solan, Mandi and Kulla and Shiml City, “orange” alerts were also issued.
In the early Tuesday hours, the strong streams of the Beas river swept a multi -storey hotel and four shops in Manali, located in the Kulle district. The officials said the swollen river also flooded the Alu Ground in Manali and several parts of the Manali motorway were hit by raging waters.
Water from Ghanvi Khud (drain) penetrating houses in Kulle.
On Monday evening two buildings with almost 40 shops collapsed on Monday evening. There was no loss of life because the building was emptied earlier after it was uncertain. Lightning floods also occurred in the Kannur district in Kanvi, PTI reported.
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Educational institutions closed in different districts
Many district administrations in the state have ordered the closure of all educational institutions.
On Monday evening, she issued orders on the situation of the District Administration Mandi, Kangra, Chamba, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Solan and Banjar in Kulle. In addition, the Shiml District Administration announced the closure of all government and private educational institutions for Tuesday morning.
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Shimla has been experiencing continuous precipitation since Monday morning, causing landslides and uprooted trees, resulting in more road closure. The meteorological department predicted heavy rainfall that will continue in the next 24 hours. With regard to this and to ensure the safety of students, the deputy of the Commissioner Shiml Anupam Kashyap ordered that all educational institutions remain closed on Tuesday.
Since Monday evening, the State Emergency Operational Center (SEOC) reported that 795 roads across the state were closed, with approximately 956 power transformers and 517 water supply schemes. Among the closed roads represented the district of Mandi 289, Chamba had 214 and Kulla had 132. National highway 3 (Mandi-Dharamples) and National Highway 305 (Aut-Sainj) were also turned off, according to Seoc.
He added that between June 20 and 25 August, at least 156 people lost their lives in the incidents related to rain in the state, while 38 remained unanswered. The state experienced 77 lightning floods, so far 41 cloudbursts and 81 main landslides. Suffered losses worth £2 394 Crore in rain -related incidents, Seoc data said.
Himachal Pradesh witnessed 703.7 mm precipitation from 1 June to 25 August compared to an average of 577.9 mm, which is 22 percent more. The state received 44 % of excess of precipitation this month.
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