128 roads blocked; Met alert in 10 districts of Himachal

Shimla, July 14

The local Met office has issued a yellow and orange warning of thunderstorm, lightning and heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in 10 districts, barring Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti for the next four days and predicted a wet spell in the region till July 20.

Because of the ongoing heavy rain, landslides have blocked 128 roads in Himachal. A maximum of 55 roads are blocked in Shimla district followed by Sirmaur (20), Mandi (18), Hamirpur (16), Chamba (9), Kullu (6), Lahaul and Spiti (2) and one each in Kangra and Kinnaur districts.

As many as 248 water supply schemes have been disrupted, 28 houses fully damaged while 12 houses have been partially damaged.

Meanwhile moderate to heavy rain continued to lash parts of Himachal. Palampur was the wettest with 112 mm of rain followed by Dharamsala 40 mm, Paonta Sahib 36 mm, Jogindernagar 28 mm, Kasauli 19 mm, Kufri and Manali 7 mm each and Shimla 6 mm. — TNS