Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 4 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh has suffered a staggering toll of 343 lives misplaced because the onset of this 12 months’s monsoon on June 20, with 183 fatalities from rain-related incidents equivalent to landslides, flash floods, and lightning strikes, and 160 deaths in street accidents, based on the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).
The SDMA’s cumulative report as much as September 3 paints a grim image of widespread human and financial loss throughout all 12 districts. ‘The monsoon this 12 months has prompted unprecedented disruption to life and property, with hundreds affected immediately and not directly,’ an SDMA spokesperson mentioned.
The 183 rain-linked deaths embody 24 from landslides, 9 from flash floods, 17 from cloudbursts, 33 from drowning, three resulting from lightning, 14 from electrocution, 40 from falls in steep terrain, and 29 from different weather-linked causes. Kangra (31), Mandi (29), and Chamba (20) recorded the best variety of such casualties.
In addition to climate disasters, monsoon-season street accidents claimed 160 lives. Chamba and Mandi districts reported 22 accident deaths every, adopted by Kangra (19), Shimla (18), and Kinnaur (14).
The SDMA estimated the overall injury from the season’s disasters at 3,69,041.76 lakh (3,690.42 crore). This contains heavy losses to each personal and public property; 1,372 homes had been absolutely broken, 4,244 had been partially broken, and hundreds of hectares of crops had been affected. Public infrastructure suffered a extreme blow, with the Public Works Department, Jal Shakti Vibhag, and the facility sector incurring mixed damages price over 3,39,000 crore.
Livestock losses had been additionally substantial, with 398 animal deaths and over 25,755 poultry birds misplaced.
Mandi emerged because the worst-affected district by way of financial loss, with damages price over 1,231.64 lakh, adopted by Kangra (1,123.89 lakh) and Una (722.12 lakh).
The SDMA has warned that the chance of additional incidents stays excessive because the monsoon continues, urging residents to stay vigilant and keep away from pointless journey, particularly in landslide-prone areas. (ANI)