Monsoon Brought Tragedy In Himachal Pradesh

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The monsoon arrived in Himachal Pradesh on June 27, and honestly it wasn’t good news for Himachal.

Between June 27 and August 16, 31 people were killed and 33 went missing , because of cloudburst and flash floods in Himachal.

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The State Emergency Operation Centre said According to the data, 121 houses were completely or partially damaged. Three people were killed in 35 landslides during the same period.

Mandi reported the highest number of landslides. Kinnaur and Shimla reported six landslides each, Lahaul and Spiti and Chamba four each, Solan three, Kullu two and Bilaspur one, it said.

The state has suffered losses of up to Rs 1,140 crore because of the weather.

Many more landslides took place during continuous light rain and plenty of roads were blocked because of that.

Apart from the landslides or floods maximum damage happened to the roads .

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