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Seven Feared Dead As Landslide, Flash Floods And Cloudburst Continue To Batter Himachal Pradesh

Kullu Superintendent of Police Gurdev Sharma said the bridge across Parvati River was also damaged in the cloudburst at Chojh.?Four persons have been reported missing, he said, adding, a search operation in progress.

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Updated on: 6 July 2022 7:58 am

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At least seven people were feared dead in separate incidents triggered by heavy rains and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Wednesday, officials said.

Over 25 employees working at the Malana power project in the district were also rescued from a building that was damaged by flash floods.?

A landslide at Manikaran?left a woman dead and two others were critically injured on Wednesday, a senior state disaster management official said while at least four people have been feared washed away in flash floods triggered by cloud burst in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district.

Besides three persons are feared drowned in separate parts of Kullu district amid heavy rains.?

State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Mokhta stated that four to six people have been missing after the cloudburst occurred at Chojh village in Challal panchayat of Kullu district at around 6 am.?

The floodgates of Larje and Pandoh dams are being opened and the people living in downstream areas have been put on a high alert.

Relief and rescue operations are underway.Shimla district emergency operations centre (DEOC) said the incident occurred at Dhalli.

The injured have been admitted to a hospital here.

Though rescue teams were rushed, they are stuck midway due to landslides, the senior State Disaster Management official said.

(With PTI Inputs)