Heavy rainfall to continue in HP: 1,364 roads shut, 5 National Highways blocked

Heavy rainfall is set to continue across Himachal Pradesh as the state's Meteorological Department has issued a yellow weather warning for Kangra, Kullu, Mandi and Sirmaur districts for Thursday.

According to the department, light to moderate rain is likely to occur across the state till September 9.

On Tuesday, as a result of heavy rainfall, water levels of Sutlej River rose and was touching Thali bridge in Sunni, district Shimla. As a result of rise in the water levels, the river bank area at Kalighat and ITI, Sunni has been inundated. As a precautionary measure, two families from the area were shifted to safer places.

As many as 1,364 roads, including five National Highways (NH) remain blocked for vehicular traffic as a result of heavy downpour that continues to wreak havoc across the state.

As per the State Emergency Operation Centre, as many as 295 including NH 03 are blocked in Mandi, 234 in Shimla, 226 including NH 305 in Kullu, 204 in Chamba, 121 in Sirmour, 86 in Solan, 53 in Kangra, 49 including NH 505 Lahaul and Spiti, 46 including NH 503 in Una, 25 in Bilaspur, 13 including NH 05 in Kinnaur and 12 roads are blocked in Hamirpur district

Also, about 3,207 distribution transformers including 1,096 in Kullu, 625 in Sirmaur, 529 in Solan, 326 in Mandi, 248 in Shimla, 219 in Chamba, 87 in Lahaul and Spiti, 30 in Kinnaur, 23 in Kangra, 19 in Hamirpur and five in Una district also remain disrupted, affecting the electricity supply in many parts of the state.

Apart from this, as many as 1,062 water supply schemes including 339 in Shimla, 212 in Kangra, 194 in Chamba, 74 in Mandi, 66 in Sirmour, 63 each in Kullu and 51 in Solan district are also disrupted.

Meanwhile, the state continued to receive very heavy to heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours.

Naina Devi in Bilaspur received 136 mm mm rain which was the highest in the state. Also, Pacchad in Sirmour district received 77 mm, Chamba 66 mm, Bilaspur 60.4 mm, Manali 57 mm, Palampur 52.6 mm, Nahan 43.2 mm, Keylong 34 mm, Dharamshala 32.8 mm, Shimla 30.8 mm, Bhuntar 30.4 mm, Kufri 29 mm, Kangra 20.7 mm, Mandi 19.8 mm, Kalpa 14.2 mm and Sundernagar 12.7mm.