Solan / Shimla, June 29 -- After Uttrakhand, heavy rains lashed most places of Himachal Pradesh since overnight, triggering landslides, blocking roads, halting rail, land and air traffic, and disrupting power generation across the state.
The State faces a severe monsoon crisis with rising water levels in rivers and riveluts multiple infrastructure failures, and growing risk to human settlements.
In Mandi district, authorities opened five floodgates of the Pandoh Dam after water levels crossed danger mark. The swollen Beas river is flowing close to danger levels, prompting loudspeaker warnings in Mandi town and surrounding areas like Sandhol, Sujanpur, Nadaun and Dehra.
This surge would eventually reach Pong Dam and flow downstream to Tal...