Himachal rains: Monsoon affects tourism industry in hilly state; 187 lives lost till now. Check top updates
National Highway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj is severely damaged in several places, news agency ANI has reported. Meanwhile, the monsoon has so far claimed 187 lives since its onset on June 24 in Himachal Pradesh, the State Disaster Management Authority said on Saturday. -In Dharamshala, a loss of over ₹6 crore has been estimated due to rains only which may increase further as reports are yet to come from many departments.
“The monsoon season is on and it has a time span of around 90 days here. We are in the middle of this season now. This year the monsoon began at a right time but as compared to previous years it’s raining a lot.
The unplanned constructions are blocking the water flow at several places which is causing trouble," Prem Sagar, a hotelier in Dharamshala said as quoted by ANI. -He added that the national highway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj has been damaged at different places in merely thirty days of monsoon season. -Further adding, he said, "The travel industry has already been facing a bad time for the last three years due to Covid and it may suffer more for the next two years due to bad connectivity now.
Severe landslides and flash floods have badly affected the tourism industry. There is over ninety per cent downfall here." -SDM Dharamshala Dharmesh Ramotra said that the road from Dharamshala to McLeodganj has been damaged at many places and caution signboards have been put up by NH authorities. "Another major alternative route of Dharamshala-Mcleodganj, Khada Danda road has also been damaged, due to which traffic has been diverted.
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