Mar 01, 2025 12:46 PM IST
State Catastrophe Administration Authority (SDMA) has stepped up restoration efforts even because the meteorological division has forecast one other moist spell from March 3.
A complete of 583 roads, together with 5 nationwide highways, remained blocked in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday after landslides triggered by heavy rain and snow hit the hill state over the previous two days. The State Catastrophe Administration Authority (SDMA) stepped up restoration efforts even because the meteorological division has forecast one other moist spell from March 3.
Individuals crossing a debris-strewn street after heavy rain in Kullu on Saturday. (PTI Photograph)
Authorities in districts, together with Kullu, Kangra, Chamba, Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti, are within the strategy of assessing the losses attributable to the incessant rain and heavy snowfall throughout the state that has led to rise in water ranges in rivers and seasonal rivulets.
On Friday, a dozen autos had been swept away after a cloudburst at Pahanala Khad in Kullu district, whereas Chhota Bhangal in Kangra district additionally witnessed a cloudburst. Glacier slides had been reported within the higher reaches of Kinnaur and Bharmour, whereas an avalanche occurred within the Kumar panchayat of Pangi Valley of Chamba district that’s totally reduce off.
As a result of landslides and rockfalls, at the least 70 buses, together with authorities and personal ones, are stranded in numerous components of the state. Visitors on most native bus routes in Chamba remained suspended.
A complete of 2263 distribution transformers are down, affecting energy provide. The SDMA mentioned 279 water provide schemes have been impacted, leaving many areas with out important companies.
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu mentioned the authorities had been informed to open the gates for one of many energy mission dams after heavy rain within the Kullu valley.
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