16 people die in Himachal rains, hundreds remain stranded

Restoration work underway after a landslide on the national highway near Malyana, in Shimla. Pic/PTI

Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh claimed 16 lives, including four of a family, while hundreds of people were stranded across the state after incessant rains triggered landslides, snapping road links, officials said on Monday. A government notification advised people to avoid travel as the weather officials warned of heavy rains in the state till Tuesday and thereafter on August 16 and 17.

Four members of a family were killed in a landslide in Kandaghat subdivision. A boy was washed away in the Kaushalya river. A total of eight persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the district.

Landslides led to the death of three persons in Mandi district, while road traffic was disrupted for hours on the Chandigarh-Shimla, Shimla-Nahan, Chamba-Pathankot and Mandi-Pathankot highways. Additional Chief Secretary Manisha Nanda said that 923 roads were closed due to landslides, including six national highways.

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