Claudbers and Flash Flood defeated Mandi district of H ChaL Pradesh due to heavy rains overnight, killing five people, injured five and went missing at least 16 Tuesdays, the officers were motivated to deploy the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and the police for rescue operations.
In the state, 11 cloudburst incidents, four flash floods and a major landslide Tuesday, most of them were seen disrupting normal life in Mandi district. Mandi received huge rainfall of 253.8 mm from Monday.
A total of 406 roads are closed after the rains in the state, out of which 248 are in Mandi district alone, where according to the State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC), 994 transformers have also been disrupted.
Officials said twenty -four houses, 12 cattle sheds, a bridge and several roads have been damaged, 30 cattle have been destroyed and there are efforts to save nine stranded people in Mandi district.
The SEOC said that a total of 332 people including 278 people including 278 in Mandi, 51 in Hamirpur and three in Chamba have been rescued. All educational institutions in Kangra, Hamirpur, Mandi and Shimla districts remained closed due to heavy rains alert on Tuesday.
Flash Flood (PTI) got caught in silt and debris
Meanwhile, the meteorological center in Shimla has estimated continuous rainfall across the state for the next seven days. An orange warning for heavy rains has been issued for five days, while a yellow warning is in place for two days.
According to the Disaster Management Authority in Mandi, Padam Singh (75) and his wife Devku Devi (70), Jhabe Ram (50) and his wife Parvati Devi (47), Surmi Devi (70), Indra Dev (29) and his wife Umavi (27), his daughter Kanika (9) and his seven-year-old son disappeared from the missing.
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Water discharge from Pandoh Dam has reached 157,000 cusecs, causing flooding in Beas river. As a result, Pandoh Bazaar is now submerged, and the residents have vacated their homes, taking charge of SDRF operation.
After the water level of Pandoh Dam, the water reached 2,922 feet against the danger mark of 2,922 feet.
Meanwhile, 51 people, including 30 laborers stranded in Ballah village in Hamirpur district, were also rescued after a sudden bounce in low-low areas of the blown after the release of water from Pandoh Dam.
Reports of damage to ‘Kacha’ houses, water pipelines and power cables are also coming from Hamirpur district and people are forced to walk as sandhole is partially submerged on the side of Sandhole from Sujanpur Teenra to left side.
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Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said, “As per the initial assessment, a loss of Rs 500 crore has been reported. The body of a woman is recovered from the banks of Beas in Nadun. The report of the loss is continuously coming from several areas; thus, the total loss figure may increase.”
“Electricity projects have suffered the most due to rain, and operations have been affected. In the last two to three years, the increasing number of incidents of cloudbukes in the last two to three years is a matter of concern … The reasons are being reviewed.”
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