HP braces for heavy rain as red alert issued for 6 districts
Shimla, Sept. 1 -- There seems to be no respite in sight for rain-battered Himachal Pradesh as the Met department has sounded a red alert of very heavy to extremely heavy rains in several districts of the state from Sunday to Tuesday and cautioned of landslides, flash floods, land sinks, waterlogging, and swelling of water bodies.
The met department has sounded a red alert for very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Kangra, Mandi and Sirmaur districts. An orange alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places over Chamba, Kullu and Shimla and heavy rainfall very likely at few places over Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts. While heavy rainfall is predicted at few places over Solan district.
Owing to continuous rain in state capital Shimla, an electric pole fell on a car on Lift-Sanjauli road near Hotel Holiday Home, snapping the power supply to many areas of the city while two cars were buried under the debris after landslide at Devnagar in Vikas Nagar in Shimla on Sunday.
The Chandigarh-Manali four-lane has been closed near Jhalogi in Mandi. Shimla-Kinnaur NH is also blocked at Nigulsari and Nathpa. So far, 666 roads including 4 national highways, NH 3 in Mandi, NH 5 in Kullu, NH 305 in Kinnaur and NH 707, closed near Satuan under Kaffota Division of Sirmaur have been closed in the state, due to which transportation of apples has been affected. Cadets of the 1 HP Air Squadron NCC carried out a rescue operation during the devastating landslide at Koksar in Lahaul district. Amidst torrential rains and falling debris, five cadets rushed to the aid of stranded civilians and tourists.
With landslides, cloudbursts and washed away roads throwing the Manimahesh Yatra into disarray, BJP MLA from Bharmour Janak Raj, said, "Nearly 15,000 pilgrims have already started their journey back home on foot from Bharmour and nearby routes....
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