Himachal Pradesh is one of the worst hit states, as torrential rains wash though the hilly state damaging property, causing landslides, deaths, breaking brodges. With no respite in sight for Monday, the Himachal Pradesh authorities have asked people residing near river Beas to vacate their houses immediately.
Further the Indian metrological Department (IMD) has issued red alert for the state. The weather department has also said that very heavy rainfall activity is likely to reduce from tomorrow, Tuesday.
The torrential rains are likely to reduce in pace for the next three days.
“Similar kind or a little lower intensity rain is likely to continue…today, heavy rain expected in eastern Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh and south Rajasthan…”, said Soma Sen, Scientist, IMD Delhi
Mandi SSP Soumya Sambasivan has said, “There is a state of complete disaster in Mandi district. Many buildings, bridges and parking lots have been washed away. Our local teams and SHOs have done good work in evacuating citizens”.
Several visuals emerged of water gushing through spaces causing mayhem. Twenty people stranded in Himachal Pradesh’s tourist town of Manali were rescued but about 300 others were stranded across various parts of the hill state as heavy rain wreaked havoc for the third day on Monday.
As torrential rains wreaked havoc in north India for another day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with senior ministers and officials to take stock of the situation while Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge sought relief from the PM CARES Fund for the rain-hit states.
Videos emerged which showed a portion of a bridge washed away in the Baddi Nalagarh Industrial Area of Solan amid incessant rainfall in Himachal Pradesh
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