Highlight
- A landslide occurred at a construction site near a flour mill at around 9 am today
- All the injured have been identified and admitted to the hospital.
- Many states have been receiving heavy rains since the start of the monsoon season.
Cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh: At least eight people were injured in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district on Tuesday morning, the State Disaster Management Authority said.
State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Mokhta said that according to the Kangra District Emergency Operation Centre, a landslide occurred around 9 am at a construction site near a flour mill.
The injured have been identified as Sahadev (21) and his brothers Vasudev (30), Rajiv Kumar (19), Gaurav (20), Dev Narayan (40), and Jagat (42). 24) from Uttar Pradesh and Vinay Kumar (44) from Kangra district, he said.
He has been admitted to Tanda Medical College, Mokhta.
Another incident of cloudburst was reported from Himachal Pradesh’s Shalkhar village on Tuesday. Several small canals were also broken by the cloudburst. This comes a day after a cloudburst wreaked havoc on Monday at Choj Nallah in Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district.
Commenting on today’s tragedy, the District Emergency Operation Center (DEOC) said that some houses have been damaged.
“Cloud burst in Shalakhar village, Hanrang sub-tehsil. Small canals and some vehicles got buried. Some houses were also damaged,” the DEOC said.
Many people are feared to have been washed away or drowned in the flash floods triggered by cloudburst in Kullu on Monday.
The incident caused considerable damage to properties and also destroyed the only bridge leading to the village.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur reviewed the preparedness of the administration to deal with various emergencies arising out of heavy rains in the state with the Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of all the districts through video conferencing from Shimla.
The Chief Minister had directed the officials to make elaborate arrangements for the management of calamities due to heavy rains.
He said that adequate number of people and machinery should be deployed in natural calamity prone areas.
(with inputs from agencies)
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