Talking to ANI, Further Deputy Commissioner Rohit Rathour stated, “As a result of heavy rain round 4 am, there have been studies of a number of harm… Two individuals have died, and two persons are reported lacking.”
Steady heavy rainfall since late Monday evening has thrown life out of substances within the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. The area has been experiencing incessant rain since 11 PM, leading to a flood-like scenario throughout varied elements of the city.
One of many worst-affected areas is the Zonal Hospital Mandi, the place there may be extreme water accumulation and overflow from close by drains. The principle entry street to the hospital has been closed.
Studies from native administration verify a number of landslides in and round Mandi city, disrupting site visitors and endangering residents dwelling in landslide-prone areas. Particles from these landslides has blocked key inner roads, including to the chaos.
Including to the severity of the scenario, the Chandigarh-Manali Nationwide Freeway (NH-3) has been blocked at a number of areas between Mandi and Kullu. A number of autos are stranded, and lengthy queues have been reported from varied choke factors alongside the route.Earlier, the State Catastrophe Administration Authority (SDMA) and the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) knowledgeable in regards to the widespread disruption within the state, the place 200 roads stay blocked, 62 energy transformers are disrupted, and 110 water provide schemes had been affected as of the night of July 28, as a result of ongoing heavy rains throughout the state.The whole demise toll within the state throughout the 2025 monsoon season (from June 20 to July 28) has reached 164. Of those, 90 deaths are attributed to rain-related causes corresponding to landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, and electrocution, whereas 74 individuals have misplaced their lives in street accidents, in line with official information.
District-wise, Mandi has recorded the best variety of fatalities (32), adopted by Kangra (24) and Chamba (17). The devastation consists of not solely human casualties but in addition important harm to houses, livestock, and public property, with over Rs 1,52,311 lakh in financial losses reported up to now.
