Uttarakhand: Rishikesh receives highest rainfall across country in last 24 hours
ANI, following heavy rains in Himachal, over two dozen people, including seven in Solan after a cloudburst, nine in Shimla temple collapse and seven in Mandi district, lost their lives and several are feared trapped. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed condolences over the deaths in Solan district and directed authorities to ensure all possible assistance and support, the report said.
Himachal Pradesh governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and CM Sukhu inspected various areas in Shimla following tragic landslides. In Uttarakhand, Badrinath national highway in the Pipalkoti area in Chamoli district was blocked due to debris triggered by a landslide, following intermittent rainfall, the ANI report said.
Heavy damage has been caused by intense rainfall in the Mayapur of Nagar Panchayat Pipalkoti, said the ANI report citing Chamoli district magistrate Himanshu Khurana. “On Sunday night in Chamoli Badrinath National Highway Mayapur Gadora, the devastation caused havoc in the Mayapur market.
Many vehicles in Mayapur are feared to be buried under the debris caused by the intermittent rains," the Chamoli district magistrate was quoted in the report. (With inputs from ANI)
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