Himachal Weather Update : Rain wreaks havoc, 20 people killed, six missing, railway bridge collapsed, Manimahesh Yatra stopped

Heavy rain, which continued since Friday night amid Orange Alert, wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh. In Mandi, Chamba and Kangra districts, 20 people have died while six are missing. In Mandi, 13 including eight people of the same family, three in Chamba, Theog in Shimla and two each in Kangra district have died. The railway bridge over the British-era Chakki Khad in Kangra has collapsed. Its six pillars have collapsed. The movement of all trains from Pathankot to Jogindernagar on this track has been closed since July 17. Manimahesh Yatra has been postponed for two days due to bad weather. The Bharmour-Hadsar road is currently blocked. Till Saturday evening, 268 roads, 500 power transformers and 140 drinking water schemes were stalled in the state. 79 houses have also been damaged.

On Friday night, Kangra received the highest 346 and Dharamsala recorded a record 333 mm of rain after 64 years. On Sunday and Monday also, the Meteorological Center Shimla has issued a yellow alert of heavy rain in the state. Two youths have died after a stone fell on a moving bike in Mandi's Jawalapur. Eight people of the same family have died due to the house being buried in the debris of the hill on Friday night in village Jhadon of Panchayat Kashan in Nachan area of ​​the district. The incident is said to have happened around 2:00 pm.

Among the dead were Kashan Panchayat head Khem Singh (35) son Roop Chand, Pradhan's wife Meera Devi (34), his two sons Bhaskar (14), Tejendra (11), Pradhan's sister-in-law Kamala Devi (32) wife Jhabe Ram, their daughter Rohini (6) and son Divyanshu (7) and Pradhan's father-in-law Dagu Ram (55) residents of Kadhi Khaduhal tehsil Thunag are included. The incident came to light after Pradhan Khem Singh's uncle Ramesh heard a loud bang. Ramesh informed the villagers and the rescue operation went on for nearly 11 hours from 3:00 pm on Saturday to 2:00 pm. At the same time, Satar Ali, his two sons Chhaiya, Sajid, two daughters Sajida, Suhana and Taufeeq Akhtar son Barkat Ali were washed away in the flood late night due to cloudburst in Drang assembly constituency of Mandi, in which two bodies were recovered. went. One person is missing in Hanogi. 30 NDRF personnel and police team have launched a rescue operation in search of missing people.

A nine-year-old child, Ayush's son Naseeb Singh, has died after being hit by a slate-collar house in ward-six of Gorda, village panchayat of Shahpur in district Kangra. At the same time, Balmukund, a migrant laborer living in Kuhana, a gram panchayat of sub-division Dhira, lost his life due to being trapped in the riots. Schools in Mandi, Kullu, Kangra and Chamba districts were declared a holiday by the administration on Saturday. Hundreds of passengers were stuck hungry and thirsty in trains since late night due to the closure of three national highways in district Mandi. The village has been evacuated due to heavy landslide in Kotiropi. On Dalhousie-Pathankot National Highway, the bus got stuck in a riot due to the ground in Panjpula of Chamba. There were 35 people on board. Pathankot-Mandi, Mandi-Kullu and Mandi-Jalandhar via Dharampur NH have come to a standstill.