Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Following extreme rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu carried out an aerial survey of affected areas and stated the federal government is working arduous to revive highway transport and energy provide.
CM Sukhu stated, “I have conducted an aerial survey and decided to send officials to the flood-affected areas.”He informed them that six helicopters had been deployed to hold out rescue operations and evacuate the stranded vacationers and native residents. The first helicopter sortie took off within the morning to rescue stranded folks at Chandertal however needed to return again on account of adversarial climate situations. However, the authorities have been prioritizing the evacuation of the aged and sick from Chandertal and the groups have left for the positioning.
“We are sending helicopters with satellite phones along with 4 police personnel will be sent. The incessant rains disrupted communication facilities, power supply, water supply and road connectivity in the entire Kullu district. The loss is immense and every possible help will be provided to the affected persons by the state government,” he stated. He additionally interacted with the individuals who suffered losses on account of floods and expressed his condolences to the households of those that misplaced their lives and warranted that each doable help can be supplied by the State Government and instantly introduced a aid of rupees one crore for the world.
“All the locals and tourists who were in this area are safe. The government is working hard to restore road transport and power supply. Around 27 people have died in the state and in Kullu around 4 people have died,” he added.
“We had discussions with PM Modi, BJP president JP Nadda, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi regarding this. We are going to start evacuation at several places in the state. Alternative routes will be prepared for the roads that are completely damaged. The floods have caused severe damage to the state. Our attempt is to restore electricity and provide fresh water at the earliest,” he added.
Meanwhile, CM Sukhu additionally declared a sum of Rs 1 crore as a direct aid to the affected folks of Sainj. He stated that meals and lodging amenities will probably be supplied to the affected households of Sainj in non permanent camps at protected locations within the space.
“Partial connectivity along Manali to Chandigarh highway has been restored and over 2,500 vehicles of stranded tourists have been released today from Kullu and Manali via Aut. I am personally stationed in Kullu tonight to oversee evacuation and restoration operations,” CM Sukhu tweeted.
He additionally interacted with the folks at Bhuntar severely hit by the catastrophe and warranted them of all-out help on this want of hour.
Meanwhile, Shimla is going through consuming water shortage. Shimla Jal Prabandhan Nigam Ltd (SJPNL) provides water to folks by tankers.
“There has been a lot of loss to the state because of the disaster. Be it the water schemes, roads or the dams…In Shimla, we have hired private tankers and Nagar Nigam’s tankers are also providing water. With the use of tankers we are trying to reach as many places as possible,” stated Surender Chauhan, Mayor, Shimla Municipal Corporation on consuming water shortage.
Shimla Mayor Surender Chauhan informed ANI, “The localities in Shimla have narrow roads and therefore we are sending small tankers of water to those places as well,” he stated.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Mukesh Agnihotri additionally reached Mandi in Himachal the place he took stock of the aid camps.
Deputy Chief Minister reached the Sadar Vyas Relief Camp the place preparations have been made to accommodate 200 to 300 folks. Here the Deputy Chief Minister interacted with the folks and inquired in regards to the difficulties they have been going through and warranted them that every one essential help can be supplied to them quickly.
The Deputy Chief Minister stated that these are the folks whose homes have been affected by the floods. Every doable assistance is being given to those folks from our facet and from the facet of the administration, authorities help may also be introduced, and we enchantment to the centre for assist.
“Consultations and discussions are underway. I feel in the next 24 hrs we will be able to move forward…We are checking the conditions of the buses here…Kullu is the worst hit and all routes have been suspended…We have rescued those stranded at various locations…,” he stated.
Acting DGP of Himachal Pradesh Satwant Atwal Trivedi spoke on the aid and rescue operations being carried out within the state amidst heavy rainfall.
“The team is deployed everywhere in the state. We are continuously working to ensure the safety of the people. We have set up four lines and trying to contact people across the country to inform them about their families. 200 people have been contacted since morning and their family has been informed about their well-being. We are also contacting the embassies,” she added.
“We received info from the Russian Embassy that 15 Russian tourists are stranded in Kasol. We are trying to establish contact and once we will be able to contact the tourists we will inform the Embassy about their well-being,” he stated.
Moreover, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Tuesday, issued “red” and “orange” alerts for a number of districts of the hill state for the following 24 hours.
“A red alert has been issued for very heavy rainfall in Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, Kullu, Mandi, Kinnaur, and Lahaul for the next 24 hours. Additionally, an orange alert has been issued in Una, Hamirpur, Kangra, and Chamba. A flash flood warning has been issued for Mandi, Kinnaur, and Lahaul-Spiti for the next 24 hours,” stated senior IMD Scientist Sandeep Kumar Sharma.
According to IMD, extraordinarily heavy rainfall exercise is prone to proceed over Uttarakhand and adjoining West Uttar Pradesh at present and cut back thereafter. There will probably be important discount in rainfall over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh from at present, July 11, 2023.
In the span of 24 hours Himachal Pradesh acquired rain as follows: Nahan (dist Sirmaur) 25 mm, Jatton Barrage (dist Sirmaur) 24 mm, Kasauli (dist Solan) 20 mm, Naina Davi (dist Bilaspur) 19 mm, Rohru (dist Shimla) 15 mm, Gohar (dist Mandi) 12mm, Kandaghat (dist Solan) 12 mm, Rajgarh (dist Sirmaur) 12 mm, IMD said.
Earlier Chandigarh-Manali nationwide freeway closed following a landslide close to the six-mile space in Mandi.
According to Himachal Pradesh Police tweet, “Road to Kullu via Kataula-Kamand is through for LMVs. 2. Traffic coming from Kullu via the four-lane NH towards Mandi is being diverted from Pandoh to the Gohar-Chailchowk-Baggi-Sundernagar link road as the road between Pandoh to Mandi is closed.”Henceforth, roughly 400 automobiles have left Manali safely and shortly the automobile numbers will probably be launched.
As per the info of the Disaster Management Authority to this point until date, a complete of over 1000 roads have been closed, practically 2,000 electrical energy schemes have been affected and 1,200 water provide schemes have been additionally hampered within the state on account of rain.
Moreover, the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Competitive (Preliminary) Examination has been postponed to August 20 owing to incessant rainfall within the state which has led to break of roads.
Earlier the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Competitive (Preliminary) Examination was scheduled on July 23. (ANI)