Weather Updates: Schools, Colleges Shut in Himachal on Monday; Red Alert for Heavy Rains in 6 U'khand Districts

The meteorological department has predicted intense to very heavy bouts of rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at isolated locations in Tehri, Dehradun, Pauri, Champawat, Nainital, and Udham Singh Nagar districts for the next two days. A red alert has been issued for these districts, while Haridwar district remains under an orange alert.

“Schools and colleges will remain closed tomorrow in the wake of incessant heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh,” said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

SDRF personnel carried out rescue operations, assisting residents and retrieving their belongings as rainwater infiltrated residential sections in Raiwala, within the Dehradun district.

Widespread devastation in the aftermath of a landslide triggered due to incessant rainfall in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi.

The MeT office has issued an orange warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall on Sunday and a yellow warning of heavy rains on Monday in Himachal Pradesh.

The Himachal Pradesh emergency operation centre has reported the closure of a collective 452 roads, with Mandi accounting for the highest count of 236, followed by Shimla with 59, and Bilaspur district with 40, effectively halting vehicular traffic.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that isolated heavy rainfall is likely over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next two days.

In Northwest India, there is a forecast of light to moderate rainfall, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall likely over Himachal Pradesh from Sunday to August 14, over Uttarakhand from Sunday to August 17, over Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh from Sunday to August 14, over East Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, as per the bulletin issued by the weather agency.

In addition to this, isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday while isolated extremely heavy falls also likely over Uttarakhand on Sunday and August 14.

National Highway 205 (NH 205) was on Sunday blocked at Dakesh in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh due to a landslide, said authorities. They also said that two trucks and one light motor vehicle were damaged in the landslide.”NH 205 totally blocked at Dakesh due to a landslide.

Two trucks & one LMV were damaged. An alternate route is Darlamod to Beri via Kharsi ( single road),” HP Traffic, Tourist and Railways Police posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Some of the other roads are also blocked today due to rain-related incidents. According to Shimla Police, Tutikandi-Phagli bypass is blocked near Kanlog; Cart Road is blocked near Edward School, Shimla; Mehli-Badagaon-Shoghi is blocked near Beolia; Shimla-Mandi NH 205 is blocked near Hiranagar.

Residents of Sunda village in Shimla district have demanded that they be resettled in safer locations since their houses have suffered considerable damage and some even developed cracks following intense rains last month. The villagers in the district’s Racholi panchayat area have been complaining that the relief provided by the state government following the cloudburst on July 25 was too inadequate.

Many people continue to live with their relatives while others are lodged in the village’s government school since their houses have become unsafe following the rain fury. “My house has been damaged and the government has given Rs 5,000 as relief which is too little. We want that the villagers severely affected by the natural calamity to be settled at a safe place,” said Japti Devi, a resident of Sunda village.

Rain-triggered landslide caused destruction and buried several vehicles under debris in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh earlier today.

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A flood alert has been issued by UP’s Gautam Budh Nagar district on Saturday as the water level in Yamuna and Hindon rivers is expected to rise again amid incessant rain in Uttarakhand. The advisory was issued after the weather department has forecast heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand over the next five days, according to a report by Hindustan Times.

“The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand. Thus, there is a possibility that the water level will again rise in rivers such as Yamuna, Sharda, Hindon and Ganga, among others”, HT quoted additional district magistrate (finance) Atul Kumar as saying.

“Residents and villagers residing in low-lying areas and close to the riverbanks of Yamuna and Hindon are requested to vacate the areas as a precautionary measure”, Kumar added.

Mandi in Himachal Pradesh faces a flood-like situation as river Beas swells due to incessant rainfall here. Latest drone visuals from the city.

Seven persons were killed while four injured in Chamba district on Friday when their vehicle fell into the Siul river after being hit by a landslide, prompting the formation of an inquiry board to probe the matter and prevent similar accidents in future, officials said.

The deceased include six police personnel who were from the 2nd Indian Reserve Battalion posted at the Chamba Border. They have been identified as Rakesh Gora, Praveen Tondon, Kamaljeet, Sachin, Abhishek and Lakshay Kumar, while the seventh deceased is Chandru Ram, a local resident, the police said.

Since the onset of monsoon in the hill state on June 24 till August 11, the death toll due to rain-related incidents and road accidents has reached 252, of which 41 persons died in 87 landslides and 107 died in road accidents, according to the state emergency operation centre.

Road blocked due to landslide at Forest Colony Mist Chamber, Khalini, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Traffic, Tourist and Railways Police said.

Rescuers on Saturday pulled out two more bodies from the debris of the landslide which swept away three shops in Gaurikund on the way to Kedarnath on August 4, an official said.

The death toll in the tragedy has risen to seven while 16 people are still missing, Rudraprayag Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar said.

The bodies were identified as 25-year-old woman Anita Bohra and eight-year-old boy Jatil, the official said.

Ner Chowk on Chandigarh – Manali National Highway is flooded due to heavy rains in the area. IMD recorded 166mm of rainfall during the last 24hr till 8:30 am in the Sundernagar area in HImachal’s Mandi district.

Dhanotu (Sundernagar) on Chandigarh – Manali National Highway gets waterlogged due to heavy rainfall in the area.

Beas river overflows in Mandi’s Pandoh as the area continues to receive heavy rainfall.