Heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Half a dozen houses were hit by debris in the Kuntari ward of Nandanagar Nagar Panchayat on Wednesday night, in which ten people were reported missing. Among them, 8 people have gone missing in Kuntari Laga Pali and 2 in Dhurma.

According to Chamoli District Disaster Management Center, two people have been rescued safely in this incident. NDRF and SDRF teams have reached the spot for relief and rescue operations. People have been asked to take shelter in safe places.

Trading face of landslides

According to information received from Chamoli District Disaster Management Center, this incident in Kuntari ward of Nandanagar stems from landslides due to heavy rains. Many houses were badly damaged due to debris and the lives of families were in crisis.

The CMO has sent a medical team with three 108 ambulances on the spot. The administration has intensified relief and rescue operations at the scene. Efforts are being made on a war footing to save the people trapped in the debris.

Relief teams are engaged day and night in search of missing people. Even a fortnight ago, about 16 houses had come under danger due to the land and deep cracks in the same ward. At that time 64 people were safely evacuated and transferred to relief camps.

List of missing people in accident

According to the information, Kunwar Singh (42 years) son Balwant Singh, Kanta Devi, wife Kunwar Singh (38), Vikas and Vishal son Kunwar Singh (10 years), Narendra Singh son Kutal Singh (40), Jagdamba Prasad son Khyali Ram (70), Bhagi Devi wife Jagdamba Prasad (65) are missing.

2 people are reported missing in village Dhurma of Tehsil Ghat Nandanagar. These include the names of Guman Singh son Chandra Singh (age 75) and Mamta Devi wife Vikram Singh (age 38).

River flood havoc in Mokh Valley

The flood of Mokh river in Dhurma village in Mokh Valley of Nandanagar has also wreaked havoc. Half a dozen houses were completely ruined due to flood debris. The local administration has issued an alert in the affected areas and has intensified the work of transferring people to safe places.

Relief work fast, Administration alert

The district administration has given instructions to provide immediate relief material for the affected families. NDRF and SDRF teams are conducting rescue operations in landslide affected areas. The Meteorological Department has issued an alert for heavy rain for the next few days in many districts of Uttarakhand including Chamoli, which has caused a risk of landslides and floods.

The monsoon has once again wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh. Life has been disturbed due to continuous rains in the state. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert of heavy to very heavy rain for Chamba, Kangra and Kullu districts today (31 August). At the same time, a yellow alert of heavy rains has been issued in Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur.

On September 1, there will be a yellow alert of rain in Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Mandi and Shimla. The same situation will remain in Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur on September 2. The weather may be bad from September 3 to 5, although no alert is issued these days.

839 roads closed so far, Chamba’s bad condition

According to the State Emergency Operations Center, 839 roads are closed so far. These include 286 in Chamba, 197 in Mandi, 175 in Kullu, 61 in Kangra, 38 in Sirmaur and 28 in Shimla. Apart from this, three national highways are also stalled in Kullu and Mandi districts. The supply of electricity and water is also badly affected. 728 transformers and 456 drinking water schemes are closed.

320 people died so far

So far 320 people have lost their lives in the monsoon season, while 377 people are injured and 40 people are still missing. The maximum number of deaths have been 51 in Mandi and 49 in Kangra. 36 people have died in Chamba, 29 in Shimla, 28-28 in Kullu and Kinnaur.

Loss of crores in Himachal

So far 4041 houses have been damaged, out of which 824 have completely collapsed. The maximum 1592 houses were damaged in the mandi, of which 517 fell completely. Apart from this, 467 shops and 3646 animals have been destroyed.

A total of Rs 3042 crore has been damaged by the monsoon. In this, there has been a loss of 1693 crore to the Public Works Department and 1070 crores to the Water Power Department.

Heavy rain in the last 24 hours

In the last 24 hours, Chamba’s Chuadi received the highest 100 mm of rain. 90 in Jogindernagar, 70-70 in Rampur Bushahar and Dharamshala, 60-60 mm in Shimla, Katuala, Nahan and Palampur.