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Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh has recorded 394 deaths during this year's monsoon season, including 221 fatalities in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, and house collapses, while 173 lives were lost in road accidents, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said on Sunday. According to the cumulative monsoon loss report compiled by the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), 394 human lives have been lost directl ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh has recorded 394 deaths during this year's monsoon season, including 221 fatalities in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, and house collapses, while 173 lives were lost in road accidents, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said on Sunday. According to the cumulative monsoon loss report compiled by the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), 394 human lives have been lost directl ...Read More >
Shimla: An early morning cloudburst in Gutrahan village of Bilaspur's Shri Naina Devi constituency on Saturday damaged crops and at least four vehicles, though no casualties were reported.Bilaspur deputy commissioner Rahul Kumar said the cloudburst was reported around 3 am, bringing a large amount of debris onto the road and into surrounding fields, which destroyed standing crops. The extent of crop damage is being assessed, and relief will be provided as per regulations once the report is recei ...Read More >
The house built from savings, made painstakingly through years of hard labour, has now collapsed, putting his family in a precarious place. "For the past six to seven days, the land in our village has been sinking. It started with small cracks in our houses after the rains stopped around September 3, but now there are four to five-foot deep cracks in the earth," Javaid tells PTI. Eyes brimming with tears, he adds, "I spent lakhs of rupees building this house with every penny I saved. My house ...Read More >
Poonch, Sep 13: Continuous rainfall has triggered landslides, land subsidence, and flash floods, forcing hundreds of families from their homes and leaving several areas in Poonch and Ramban districts of the Jammu division on edge. As per the news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Kalaban village of Poonch district's Mendhar sector has been declared unsafe after the soil beneath residential areas began shifting earlier this week. Officials said that around 95 houses have developed crac ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh continues to grapple with a battered infrastructure and mounting human losses as the relentless monsoon takes its toll. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday reported that 574 roads remain blocked, 389 power transformers disrupted, and 333 drinking water supply schemes damaged across the state. According to the SDMA's evening public utility report, the overall death toll has climbed to 394 since June 20 ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India] September 13 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur, visited various regions of Himachal Pradesh affected by recent natural disasters, including sudden floods, landslides, and cloudbursts, as per a release. The Minister inspected several locations along the Kullu-Manali route, covering Vaishno Mata Temple, Sabzi Mandi (Bandrol), Raison, Dohlu Nala, Fozal Nala, Duada Vihal, Jatehar Vihal (Patlikuhal), Nalsu Nala, Manalsu N ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India] September 13 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur, visited various regions of Himachal Pradesh affected by recent natural disasters, including sudden floods, landslides, and cloudbursts, as per a release. The Minister inspected several locations along the Kullu-Manali route, covering Vaishno Mata Temple, Sabzi Mandi (Bandrol), Raison, Dohlu Nala, Fozal Nala, Duada Vihal, Jatehar Vihal (Patlikuhal), Nalsu Nala, Manalsu N ...Read More >
Jammu, September 13: Union Minister Jitendra Singh visited the flood-affected areas in Jammu on Saturday. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was monitoring the situation in flood-hit Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and the administration has also been instructed to extend full cooperation to the people. Singh said, "Everyone knows how the entire region has been flood-affected. Prime Minister Modi is monitoring every moment of all three states (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu ...Read More >
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh visited the flood-affected areas in Jammu on Saturday. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was monitoring the situation in flood-hit Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and the administration has also been instructed to extend full cooperation to the people. Singh said, "Everyone knows how the entire region has been flood-affected. Prime Minister Modi is monitoring every moment of all three state ...Read More >
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh visited the flood-affected areas in Jammu on Saturday. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was monitoring the situation in flood-hit Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and the administration has also been instructed to extend full cooperation to the people. Singh said, "Everyone knows how the entire region has been flood-affected. Prime Minister Modi is monitoring every moment of all three state ...Read More >
The rain battered hill state is still struggling with roads connectivity, with 580 roads, including three national highways, still blocked on Thursday. It included 204 roads blocked in Kullu district, followed by 141 in Mandi, 72 in Shimla and 44 in Kangra district. In Kullu district, NH-305 and NH-03 continued to remain blocked on Thursday, while NH-503 A remained blocked in Una district. However, traffic was restored from both sides at the block point of National Highway-5 in Nigulsari Kinna ...Read More >
Several houses in the Tanger area of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district have developed cracks, reportedly due to land subsidence. The administration has declared the area unsafe and advised residents to evacuate temporarily. The local authorities, including Ramban MLA Arjun Singh Raju, Deputy Commissioner and DDC, have assessed the situation and assured residents that the government will provide necessary support, including relocation to safer areas and compensation for damages. Raju said th ...Read More >
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh continues to reel under the impact of an unforgiving monsoon, with the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday confirming massive disruption to public utilities across the state. As of 10:00 am on September 13, a total of 574 roads remain blocked, 389 distribution transformers (DTRs) are disrupted, and 333 water supply schemes are out of order following fresh spells of rain and landslides in the last 24 hours. The SDMA also reported that the cumulative d ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh continues to reel under the impact of an unforgiving monsoon, with the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday confirming massive disruption to public utilities across the state. As of 10:00 am on September 13, a total of 574 roads remain blocked, 389 distribution transformers (DTRs) are disrupted, and 333 water supply schemes are out of order following fresh spells of rain and landslides in the last 24 hours ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh continues to reel under the impact of an unforgiving monsoon, with the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday confirming massive disruption to public utilities across the state. As of 10:00 am on September 13, a total of 574 roads remain blocked, 389 distribution transformers (DTRs) are disrupted, and 333 water supply schemes are out of order following fresh spells of rain and landslides in the last 24 hours ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh continues to reel under the impact of an unforgiving monsoon, with the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday confirming massive disruption to public utilities across the state. As of 10:00 am on September 13, a total of 574 roads remain blocked, 389 distribution transformers (DTRs) are disrupted, and 333 water supply schemes are out of order following fresh spells of rain and landslides in the last 24 hours ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Due to the devastating monsoon this year, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday confirmed that 386 people have lost their lives since June 20. According to the SDMA report, out of these deaths, 218 deaths were caused by rain-related incidents, which included landslides, flash floods, house collapses, drowning, electrocution and snakebites, whereas 168 deaths occurred in road accidents, which surged amid treacherous hill ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Due to the devastating monsoon this year, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday confirmed that 386 people have lost their lives since June 20. According to the SDMA report, out of these deaths, 218 deaths were caused by rain-related incidents, which included landslides, flash floods, house collapses, drowning, electrocution and snakebites, whereas 168 deaths occurred in road accidents, which surged amid treacherous hill ...Read More >
Bilaspur: A cloudburst struck Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district on Saturday. The cloudburst hit Gutrahan village in the Namhol area of Naina Devi constituency in the early hours of Saturday, triggering a flash flood. Several vehicles were reportedly buried under debris. The road connectivity in the area was also disrupted due to the flash flood, disrupting traffic movement. Farms were also damaged. More details are still awaited ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Authorities in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district have begun relocating families from Kalaban village after continuous landslides and land subsidence rendered the area unsafe. Around 700 people have been affected, while nearly 95 residential structures developed cracks following days of heavy rainfall. Officials said the administration has declared the village unsafe, and residents have been advised to evacuate temporarily. Those affect ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Authorities in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district have begun relocating families from Kalaban village after continuous landslides and land subsidence rendered the area unsafe. Around 700 people have been affected, while nearly 95 residential structures developed cracks following days of heavy rainfall. Officials said the administration has declared the village unsafe, and residents have been advised to evacuate temporarily. Those affect ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Authorities in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district have begun relocating families from Kalaban village after continuous landslides and land subsidence rendered the area unsafe. Around 700 people have been affected, while nearly 95 residential structures developed cracks following days of heavy rainfall. Officials said the administration has declared the village unsafe, and residents have been advised to evacuate temporarily. Those affect ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri met the Union Minister of Water Resources C.R. Patil at his residence in Delhi and reported losses the Jal Shakti Vibhag suffered during the last three years, amounting to approximately Rs 4,000 crores, as per a release. Agnihotri urged the Union Minister to extend a generous hand towards Himachal in view of the huge Natural Calamity the State has faced during the monsoons. He stated t ...Read More >
: Himachal deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri met the Union minister of water resources CR Patil in Delhi on Friday and reported about the losses the jal shakti vibhag suffered during the last three years amounting to approximately ₹4,000 crore. Agnihotri urged the Union minister to extend a generous hand towards Himachal in view of the huge natural calamity the state has faced during the monsoons. He stated that the losses suffered by the state were unprecedented and the heavy burden has ...Read More >
Shimla: Deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri met Union minister of water resources C R Patil in Delhi on Friday. He conveyed that the Jal Shakti Vibhag had incurred losses of nearly Rs 4,000 crore over the past three years due to monsoon disasters and urged him to provide substantial assistance.This year alone, the Jal Shakti Vibhag suffered losses of Rs 1,291 crore, he added. Agnihotri also urged the release of funds to the tune of Rs 1,227 crore for the completion of ongoing schemes under th ...Read More >
The primary rain-bearing system usually makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. The southwest monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from parts of northwest India around September 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Typically, the monsoon makes its onset over Kerala by June 1, covers the entire country by July 8, and begins its retreat around September 17, completing the withdrawal process by October 15. "Conditions are becoming ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sep 12: The southwest monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from northwest India around September 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The primary rain-bearing system usually makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17 and withdraws completely by October 15. "Conditions are becoming favourable for the withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon from some parts of west R ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana continues to be hit hard by continuous heavy to very heavy rains, causing rivers and streams to overflow, inundating low-lying areas, and cutting off road access in several districts. The extreme weather has disrupted normal life, damaged infrastructure, and posed threat to residents, prompting authorities to issue warnings and prepare for further rainfall in the coming days. By 8.30 am on Friday, several districts had already recorded more than 100 mm of rainfall in the pre ...Read More >
SHIMLA: The monsoon fury in Himachal Pradesh has left a trail of destruction, claiming 355 lives so far this season, including 194 in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, lightning strikes, and other weather-triggered causes, and 161 in road accidents, according to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). The SDMA's cumulative report from June 20 to September 4 indicated that torrential rains injured 416 people and left 49 missing. The scale of devastation s ...Read More >
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