Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 29 (ANI): Three individuals misplaced their lives, and one girl is reported lacking after heavy rains lashed Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district late Monday night time, triggering a flood-like state of affairs and widespread harm, officers mentioned on Tuesday.
Speaking to ANI, District Commissioner (DC) Apoorv Devgan mentioned, ‘The stretch of jail street has been affected by heavy rain. 3 individuals have died within the space close to Jail Road. One girl is lacking. The search operation by the police, NDRF and Home Guard groups is underway. The roads are additionally being cleared. Many autos have been piled up close to the hospital. Casualties have been reported, together with that, many homes have been broken.’
He added, ‘We have arrange a aid camp in Vipasha Sadan. Officials from the electrical energy, PWD, Jal Shakti, and different departments are working collectively to supply aid.’
A flood was noticed in varied elements of Mandi following heavy rainfall within the metropolis. The native police, NDRF, and Home Guards staff have been deployed for aid and rescue work.
Continuous heavy rainfall since late night time yesterday has disrupted life within the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. The area has been experiencing incessant rain since 11 PM, leading to a flood-like state of affairs throughout varied elements of the city.
One of the worst-affected areas is the Zonal Hospital Mandi, the place there’s extreme water accumulation and overflow from close by drains. The predominant entry street to the hospital has been closed.
Reports from native administration verify a number of landslides in and round Mandi city, disrupting visitors and endangering residents residing in landslide-prone areas. Debris from these landslides has blocked key inside roads, including to the chaos.
The Chandigarh-Manali National Highway (NH-3) has been blocked at a number of factors between Mandi and Kullu, making the state of affairs much more dire.
Several autos are stranded, and lengthy queues have been reported from varied choke factors alongside the route.
Earlier, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) and the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) knowledgeable concerning the widespread disruption within the state, the place 200 roads stay blocked, 62 energy transformers are disrupted, and 110 water provide schemes have been affected as of the night of July 28, because of the ongoing heavy rains throughout the state.
The whole dying toll within the state through the 2025 monsoon season (from June 20 to July 28) has reached 164. Of these, 90 deaths are attributed to rain-related causes equivalent to landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, and electrocution, whereas 74 individuals have misplaced their lives in street accidents, in response to official knowledge.
District-wise, Mandi has recorded the best variety of fatalities (32), adopted by Kangra (24) and Chamba (17). The devastation contains not solely human casualties but additionally important harm to properties, livestock, and public property, with over Rs 1,52,311 lakh in financial losses reported up to now. (ANI)