Himachal Pradesh: 121 roads shut; heavy to very heavy rain predicted

Shimla: Shimla Met office on Friday issued an orange warning of heavy to very heavy rain in places in Himachal Pradesh from July 27 to 29.

A total of 121 roads were rendered inaccessible in the state due to landslides and flash floods.

Forty-one road stretches in Mandi, 24 in Kullu, and 23 in Chamba were shut.


Thirteen roads in Shimla, seven in Sirmaur, six in Kangra and five in Lahaul and Spiti, and one each in Bilaspur and Una districts were also closed for vehicular traffic after the downpour.

Eighty-nine water supply schemes and 43 transformers were affected in the state, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC).

A few houses on Mehli-Junga road on the outskirts of Shimla city were declared under danger following a landslide on Thursday night.

Chetan Mehta, a local, claimed that cutting of hills undertaken by a private person has endangered about 10 houses on the hill.

Light to moderate rain has been on in several parts of the state since Thursday. Naina Devi in Bilaspur district received 76.2 mm of rain, the highest, followed by Jot 75.2 mm, Ghamroor 61.6 mm, Olinda 42 mm, Sarahan 30.5 mm, Nangal Dam 29.6 mm, Kangra 24.6 mm, and Shimla 20.4 mm.

Keylong was the coldest in the state at 11.3 degrees Celsius, while Mandi was the hottest at 33.7 degrees Celsius.