On Tuesday, heavy to very heavy rainfall disrupted and battered various regions of Himachal Pradesh. The downpour also led to numerous landslides and toppled trees, leading to 398 roads being blocked to the movement of vehicles, including three national highways, being closed, officials confirmed.
Three to four vehicles in the state capital, Shimla, were damaged by fallen trees. In the Tutikandi region alone, close to half a dozen trees were uprooted, and in Vikas Nagar, one such scene messed up the roof of a structure. These are the Aut-Sainj route along NH-305 and the parts between Khab and Gramphoo and Hatkoti to Poanta Sahib.
Based on observations made by the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), the most affected district was the Mandi district, which had 213 roads blocked and the Kullu district with 85 blocked roads due to monsoon. The road at Chamba-Pathankot also gave way around Dunera, and this resulted in temporary paralysis of traffic there.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been predicted over a five-district region, including Bilaspur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, and Sirmaur of the state, by the Meteorological Department, with an alert issued to those areas on Wednesday and Thursday as an orange alert. In fact, the rainfall data also showed that Nagrota Suriyan was the wettest, while Guler had the second wettest data, and Ghamroor had the third at 180.2 mm, 161.2 mm and 112.2 mm, respectively. A number of other regions, such as Nadaun, Palampur, Kangra, and Shimla, also experienced heavy rainfalls.
Himachal Pradesh, since the monsoon started on July 20, has reported 119 deaths, and 36 people have been missing due to rain. There was also destruction of 669 transformers and 529 water supply schemes that were disrupted by the extreme weather. The losses in terms of finance are already 2007 crores. This monsoon has been marked by 58 flash floods, 30 cloudbursts and 54 major landslides, thus showing the seriousness of this year’s Monsoon. The police are still reminding the citizens to be cautious since the bad weather has not stopped yet.
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