প্রকাশ: 21/08/2022
At least 31 people have died in flash floods and landslides
triggered by heavy torrential rains in four Indian states since Friday night,
officials said on Sunday.
In the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh alone, 22 people have
been killed in the past 36 hours and several others reported missing after
bridges and houses were swept away.
"The deaths were reported from the districts of Mandi,
Kangra and Chamba. Ten people are also said to be missing," a senior
disaster authority official told the media.
"Mandi is the worst-hit district, where 13 people have
died so far," the official added.
Local TV channels aired footage of rescue operations being
carried out in Himachal. However, at many places, these operations have been
hampered by heavy downpours.
Indian opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to
social media to condole the deaths and urge the Himachal government to provide
relief to the affected.
"There has been heavy destruction in Himachal Pradesh
due to landslides, cloudbursts and floods," Gandhi wrote on Facebook this
morning.
Apart from Himachal, four deaths have been reported from the
neighbouring hilly state of Uttarakhand and the eastern state of Odisha. One
person died in Jharkhand.
"In Uttarakhand in particular, a series of cloudbursts
across the state triggered flash floods and landslides that have claimed four
lives so far," a police officer said.
In the eastern Indian states of Odisha and Jharkhand, five
people have been killed in the past 24 hours. "Four of the deaths occurred
in Odisha," another official said.
Landslides and flash floods due to cloudbursts and heavy
rains are common in northern India in the monsoon months of July to September.
- UNB
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