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Shimla, Sep 15 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh continues to reel under the fury of incessant monsoon rains, with the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) confirming that 404 people have lost their lives since June 20. Of these, 229 deaths were caused by rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, cloudbursts, and house collapses, while 175 others perished in road accidents, underscoring the vulnerability of the hill state's fragile transport network. The SDMA described the ...Read More >
Shimla, Sep 14 (PTI) A fresh spell of rain lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with Dharamshala in Kangra recording the highest rainfall of 232 mm, officials said on Sunday. Thunderstorms were witnessed in Shimla, Kullu's Bhuntar, Chamba's Jot, Mandi's Sundernagar, Bilaspur's Murari Devi and Palampur and other parts of Kangra, they said. Several houses and agricultural land were damaged in Khairi Gram Panchayat in Hamirpur's Sujanpur as a result of torrential rain on Sunday, the officia ...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 >
NEW DELHI: A cloudburst struck Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district early on Saturday, damaging farmland and burying several vehicles under debris, though no casualties were reported, officials said.The heavy rainfall affected Gutrahan village in the Namhol area of the Naina Devi assembly constituency.Villager Kashmir Singh said gushing waters carried soil and debris across agricultural fields, while many vehicles were also swept away.In Shimla, thick fog reduced visibility to a few metres on Sa ...Read More >
Shimla, Sep 12 (PTI) Light to moderate rain lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh, with the weather office issuing a yellow warning of heavy rain in isolated areas in four districts of the state in the coming two days, officials said on Friday. Since Thursday evening, Mandi recorded 61.8 mm of rain, followed by 53.7 mm in Kangra, 52.6 mm in Sundernagar, 25.8 mm in Dharamshala, 17.2 mm in Kasauli and 10.8 mm in Bilaspur, the meteorological office said. A total of 503 roads, including Attari-Leh road ...Read More >
Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh triggered devastating landslides and flash floods, washing away shops, collapsing buildings, and cutting off highways. The state witnessed multiple flash floods across Lahaul and Spiti, Kullu, and Kangra districts, along with a cloudburst in Chamba. Hundreds of roads are closed, and essential services like electricity and water supply have been severely disrupted. Shimla Shops were washed away, buildings collapsed, highways were cut off and residential areas i ...Read More >
Shimla, Aug 25 (PTI) Heavy to very heavy downpour in the 24 hours till Monday evening led to widespread destruction in Himachal Pradesh with houses being damaged at several places and around 795 roads, including two national highways, being closed. Around 956 power supply transformers and 517 water supply schemes were disrupted, officials said. The district administrations in Mandi, Kangra, Chamba, Una, Bilapsur and Kullu districts have ordered closure of educational institutions in view of th ...Read More >
A flash flood, caused by a cloudburst in Rishi Dogri Valley, struck a road construction site in Kinnaur, injuring one and stranding several. The Indian Army responded swiftly, utilizing Logistics Drone High Altitude system to deliver essential supplies like food and coconut water. Personnel guided civilians to safety, and the injured person was evacuated to Reckong Peo hospital. A sudden flash flood swept through Hojis Lungpa Nala in Kinnaur district on Tuesday evening, wreaking havoc at an ong ...Read More >
Shimla, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Braving darkness, fast currents and unstable terrain, the Indian Army on Thursday said its swift response averted a potential tragedy when a sudden flash flood struck Hojis Lungpa Nala in Himachal Pradesh's mountainous Kinnaur district. The incident happened at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Triggered by a cloudburst in the higher reaches of the Rishi Dogri Valley, the deluge engulfed the bridge across the Sutlej River and injured one individual. The site was an ac ...Read More >
Shimla: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a weather warning at 6:30 am today, forecasting light to moderate rainfall at most places in Himachal Pradesh, with a few spells of intense to very intense rainfall likely in the districts of Bilaspur, Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, and Mandi over the next 3 to 4 hours. Additionally, light to moderate rainfall is expected at many places in Chamba, Kangra, Hamirpur, Una, Lahul and Spiti, Kinnaur, and Kullu districts. Heavy and continuous rainfa ...Read More >
Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I' ...Read More >
Shimla, Aug 1 (PTI) A total of 285 roads, including the Chandigarh-Manali and Manali-Leh national highways, were closed for vehicular traffic following landslides and floods in Himachal Pradesh on Friday. Of these, 175 roads were closed in the rain-ravaged Mandi district, followed by 67 in Kullu, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC). It added that 314 power distribution transformers and 221 water supply schemes were affected across the state. A taxi driver -- identified as ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 12 (PTI) A total of 249 roads are closed for vehicular traffic in the Himachal Pradesh due to rain havoc, 207 of them in the landslide-hit Mandi district, officials said on Saturday. The Mandi to Dharampur via Kotli stretch of National Highway 3 (Atari-Leh) is closed for heavy vehicles following a heavy rain. The Mandi-Kullu stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali national highway was closed for about 10 hours following a landslide at Kainchi Mor near Pandoh dam in Mandi late Friday night ...Read More >
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family welfare, and Bharatiya Janata Party president Jagat Prakash Nadda chaired a high level meeting here today to review the status and progress of Government of India's initiatives to transform road connectivity in Himachal Pradesh through accelerated development of National Highways and tunnel infrastructure. Sources said that Union Minister Nadda presided over a detailed presentation by senior officials of MoRT ...Read More >
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family welfare, and Bharatiya Janata Party president Jagat Prakash Nadda chaired a high level meeting here today to review the status and progress of Government of India's initiatives to transform road connectivity in Himachal Pradesh through accelerated development of National Highways and tunnel infrastructure. Sources said that Union Minister Nadda presided over a detailed presentation by senior officials of MoRT ...Read More >
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