Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 29 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh has suffered 312 deaths because the onset of the monsoon on June 20, with 160 fatalities linked to rain-related disasters comparable to landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, electrocution, and different weather-triggered incidents, and 152 deaths in highway accidents, based on the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).
The cumulative loss to the state’s economic system has been pegged at Rs 2,75,354.81 crore, encompassing injury to public infrastructure, non-public property, agriculture, horticulture, and livestock. The catastrophe has additionally claimed the lives of 1,854 animals and over 25,700 poultry birds.
The SDMA report exhibits that rain-related fatalities have been widespread, with the very best numbers recorded in Kangra (30 deaths), adopted by Mandi (29), Chamba (14), Kinnaur (14), and Kullu (13). Road accident deaths have additionally been important, with Chamba and Mandi topping the checklist at 22 every, adopted by Kangra (19) and Shimla (15).
Infrastructure injury has been intensive: the Public Works Department (PWD) reported losses of over Rs 1.53 lakh crore, whereas the Jal Shakti Department (water provide and irrigation) accounted for Rs 94,772.97 crore in damages. The energy sector has suffered losses exceeding Rs 13,946 crore, with extra damages recorded in well being, schooling, fisheries, rural and concrete improvement, and animal husbandry sectors, the report said.
Housing losses embody 338 totally broken pucca homes, 438 totally broken kachha homes, and over 3,367 partially broken pucca homes, alongside injury to outlets, cowsheds, labour huts, ghats, and agricultural land, it added.
The state authorities continues to hold out rescue, reduction, and restoration works, with the SDMA reiterating that restoring connectivity, energy provide, and ingesting water techniques stays a high precedence. Officials have warned that the toll and losses could rise additional if heavy rains proceed in weak districts. (ANI)