Heavy rainfall to continue in Himachal; yellow alert issued for 5 districts

Heavy rainfall is expected to persist across Himachal Pradesh, with the State Meteorological Department issuing a yellow alert for Shimla, Kangra, Mandi, Solan and Sirmaur districts for September 5. According to the department, light to moderate rain is very likely to continue across the state until September 10.

As many as 1,212 roads, including four National Highways (NH), remain blocked to vehicular traffic due to the relentless downpour that continues to wreak havoc across the state.

As per the State Emergency Operation Centre, as many as 288 including NH 03 are blocked in Mandi, 231 including NH 305 in Kullu, 211 in Shimla, 192 in Chamba, 78 in Sirmaur, 56 in Solan, 48 including NH 505 Lahaul and Spiti, 41 in Kangra, 39 in Una, 15 in Bilaspur, nine including NH 05 in Kinnaur and four roads are blocked in Hamirpur district.

Additionally, about 1,885 distribution transformers including 999 in Kullu, 307 in Mandi, 259 in Shimla, 136 in Solan, 130 in Sirmaur, 40 in Lahaul and Spiti, six in Kinnaur, five in Chamba and three in Una district also remain disrupted, affecting the electricity supply in many parts of the state. Furthermore, as many as 824 water supply schemes including 348 in Shimla, 187 in Chamba, 93 in Sirmaur, 78 in Mandi, 63 in Kullu, 19 in Kangra and 18 each in Solan and Hamirpur are also disrupted, leaving many places of the state without drinking water supply.

Meanwhile, heavy rainfall continued across the state in the Last 24 hours. Dharampur in Solan district recorded 74.6 mm rain, Karsog in Mandi 69 mm, Kasauli 67 mm, Naina Devi in Bilaspur 58.6 mm, Bhuntar 55.6 mm, Bilaspur 50.8 mm, Shimla 47 mm, Solan 44.4 mm, Manali 44 mm, Kufri 43.6 mm, Rampur Bushahr 30 mm, Sundernagar 28.3 mm, Mandi town 27.4 mm, Nahan 21.8 mm, Keylong 10 mm, Kalpa 9.8 mm and Dharamsala 2.4 mm.