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Shimla, Aug 8 (PTI) A cloudburst struck in Chopal area of Shimla
district while heavy monsoon rains
set normal life out of gear in Kangra, Mandi and Chamba
districts of Himachal Pradesh and caused
sharp fall in night temperature in some areas.
The incessant heavy rains caused flash floods in the Churah and
the Bhattiyat sub-division of
Chamba district, damaging public and private property and crops
worth about Rs 5 crore.
The local MLA, who visited the affected areas said that rains
caused massive landslides at numerous
places and incidents of sinking of land were also reported by
residents at some places.
Meanwhile, reports of massive landslides triggered due to heavy
rains endangered some houses in
Lodergarh in Bhattiyat sub-division and three families had be
evacuated.
A cloudburst occurred at Kupwari under Chopal sub division in
Shimla district damaging property
worth over Rs 1 crore.
The Trahan Khud was flooded due to heavy rains, damaging
property and crops, Naib Tehsildar M K
Sharma said.
The cloud burst washed away four water mills [Gharats] and
damaged 25 houses and damaged the
electric transformer, he added.
Widespread Torrential rain lashed several parts of Kangra and
Mandi districts causing a sharp fall of
eight degree in minimum temperature which plummeted to 13.4
degree in Dharamshala.
The local MeT office has predicted heavy rains in several parts
of the state during next 24 hours.
26 dead, 17 missing in cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh
At least 43 people, mostly labourers, were feared killed and 15
injured in flash floods caused by acloudburst near Solang in Kullu
district of Himachal Pradesh [ Images] on Thursday night,
officialsources said on Friday.
Twenty-six bodies have so far been retrieved while seventeen
persons are missing, DeputyCommissioner, Kullu, R D Nazeen said in
Shimla.
Seventeen bodies were retrieved from Kangri Nallah, one from
Nehru Khud, three from Bhang, twofrom Manali and three from Solang
Nallah, he said.
Fifteen persons were injured in the incident, he said adding
they have been admitted to a hospital inManali.
The incident occurred at 11.40 pm last night.
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The victims were labourers from Jharkhand and Nepal engaged in
construction of Rohtang tunnelproject being executed by the Border
Roads Organisation.
The labourers, including a woman and three children, were either
washed away or buried under theboulders and debris being carried by
the swollen Kingri Nallah, 22 km from Manali.
Relief and rescue operations were on in full swing. Over 150
jawans of the ITBP, police, homeguardsand BRO were combing the
entire area to search for remaining bodies.
The district administration has provided ration, clothing,
utensils, blankets and other commodities tothe affected labourers
and a temporary rehabilitation centre has been created in a local
seniorsecondary school for the marooned labourers.
Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh has flown to Manali by
helicopter to take stock of the situation.
