Heavy rains lash some parts of HP triggering landslides

Several link rooads in the interiors of Kangra, Mandi, Sirmaur and Solan districts were blocked due to landslides. A large tree was uprooted in Cart road near Bemloe here causing disruption in traffic for several hours.

Several tribal areas including Pooh and Kaza remained cut off from rest of the state as the vital bridge on Hindustan-Tibet national highway near Ribba, which was washed away three days ago, could not be restored.

The rains abated a bit in high altitude tribal areas and power generation in major projects like Nathpa-Jhakri (1500 MW) and Karchham-Wangtoo (1000 MW) was resumed as silt level came down to 3500 ppm against permissible limit of 4000 ppm.

Dharamsala in Kangra was wettest in the region with 184 mm of rains while Dharampur recorded 118 mm of rains, followed by Kandaghat 72 mm, Amb 61 mm , Nagrota Suriyan 55 mm, Nahan 40 mm state capital receiving 23 mm of rains.

The maximum temperature dropped from 32.2 degree Celsius to 31.4 degree Celsius at Una while Bhuntar recorded a high of 31.8 degree Celsius, and Sundernagar 27.4 degree Celsius.

Solan had a high of 27 degree Celsius, while Dharamsala recorded 26.4 degree Celsius and Naha recorded maximum of 25.9 degree Celsius.

Shimla recorded maximum temperature of 20.1 degree Celsius, while Kalpa had a high of 23 degree Celsius.

However, the minimum temperatures remained steady with Kalpa and Keylong in tribal areas coldest in the region with a low of 13 degree Celsius.

The local MeT office has predicted rains and thunderstorms in most parts of the state and heavy to very heavy rains in some isolated places in mid and lower hills.