Heavy rain continues to wreak havoc in Himachal; red alert issued for 3 districts for July 6

Red alert for highly dense to precise dense rainfall on with thunderstorms and lightning astatine isolated places has been issued for Kangra, Mandi and Sirmour districts

People instrumentality a stroll during misty upwind successful Shimla connected Saturday. Tribune Photo: Lalit Kumar

As dense rainfall continues to wreak havoc crossed Himachal Pradesh, the full nonaccomplishment caused successful the authorities has present reached Rs 566.87 crore.

Till now, arsenic galore arsenic 236 roads stay blocked for vehicular postulation passim the state, including 176 successful Mandi, 36 successful Kullu, 12 successful Kangra, 4 each successful Shimla, Sirmour and Una districts arsenic good arsenic 3 roads successful Chamba. About 239 organisation transformers, including 230 successful Mandi, 20 successful Chamba, six successful Lahaul and Spiti and 2 successful Kullu districts and astir 289 h2o proviso schemes, including 278 successful Mandi, 8 successful Hamirpur and 3 successful Shimla district, stay disrupted.

Meanwhile, a reddish upwind informing resulting successful highly dense to precise dense rainfall on with thunderstorms and lightning astatine isolated places has been issued for Kangra, Mandi and Sirmour districts. An orangish alert — dense to dense rainfall — successful isolated places has been issued for Shimla, Solan, Kullu, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Chamba and Una districts for July 6. A flash flood informing for Shimla, Kangra, Mandi, Sirmour and Chamba districts has besides been issued for the adjacent 24 hours.

As per the State’s Meteorological Department, airy to mean rainfall is precise apt to proceed astatine astir places till July 11 with 1 oregon 2 spells of dense rainfall astatine isolated places connected July 7 and 8.

Maximum temperatures are besides apt to autumn by 2°C to 4°C successful the authorities successful the adjacent 3 to 4 days portion minimum temperatures are expected to stay normal. As per the Hydromet Division of IMD, mean hazard of flash flood is precise apt successful fewer watersheds of Shimla, Mandi, Kangra, Hamirpur and Sirmour districts during the adjacent 24 hours, resulting successful aboveground tally disconnected and inundation astatine immoderate afloat saturated soils and debased lying areas.

Meanwhile, airy to mean rainfall was observed astatine isolated areas of the authorities during the past 24 hours with Jogindernagar successful Mandi receiving 50 mm rain, highest successful the authorities followed by Palampur successful Kangra — which received 28.8 mm rain.