Kinner Kailash Yatra postponed to Aug 15 as flash floods damage roads in Shimla, Kinnaur
agricultural land in Kamru Panchayat in the Sangla valley on Thursday, Kinnaur deputy commissioner (DC) Tarul S. Raveesh said. All the schools in the Nichar subdivision and Sangla tehsil have been closed for three days due to heavy rains.
High alert has been sounded in the district till July 25 and all the residents have been advised to remain alert and stay indoors, she added. Since the onset of the monsoon in the hill state on June 24, 131 people have died in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, and road accidents, according to the Himachal Pradesh State Emergency Response Centre. The state has suffered a loss of ₹4,985 crore. The local meteorological office has issued a yellow warning of heavy rains at isolated places till July 24.
It also cautioned of low to moderate flash flood risk in Chamba, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla and Sirmaur districts. Shimla DC Aditya Negi said following a cloudburst, the water level in the Broni Nallah increased and inundated the Shimla-Kinnaur National Highway-5 between Rampur and Jhakri. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started work to open the road for vehicular movement, the DC said, adding that reports of floods damaging land in Narkanda have started pouring in.
Due to heavy rains for several days, as many as 676 roads are blocked for vehicular movement in the state, according to officials. A total of 578 houses have been damaged completely and 4,973 partially. Damaged properties also include 233 shops and 1,463 cowsheds in the state.
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