Schools closed after record rainfall in Dharamshala

Authorities ordered closure of all educational institutions today in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district after heavy rains.

Dharamshala in the district recorded the highest rainfall for a 24-hour period for the month of August in the last 60 years, the Meteorological department here said today

The department said 292.4 millimetres rainfall was recorded in Dharamshala in 24 hours ending 8.30 am today.

The earlier record for a 24-hours period for August was 316.4 mm of rainfall on August 6, 1958, Met centre director Manmohan Singh said.

The Kangra district administration closed all educational institutions in the district today as a precautionary measure, officials said.

 

Elsewhere in the state, 127 mm rain was recorded in Jogindernagar in Mandi followed by 98 mm in Pamalmpur and 96 mm in Baijnath (both in Kangra), 81.2 mm in Kheri of Chamba district and 64.8 mm in Nagrota Surian in Kangra district since yesterday.