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Heavy rains lash Himachal, four stranded in rivulet rescued in Hamirpur
Rescuers saved four people who got stuck in the middle of a rivulet after a flood triggered by heavy rains in Sujanpur subdivision of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh
Rescuers saved four people who got stuck in the middle of a rivulet after a flood triggered by heavy rains in Sujanpur subdivision of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
Heavy rains lashed parts of the hill-state on Saturday. Sujanpur was the wettest place in state, experiencing 107mm rainfall.
Police said Pung rivulet was flooded suddenly due to heavy rain. Four people, including a driver and cleaner of a truck and two labourers, were stranded in the middle of the rivulet, besides three trucks and a JCB machine.
They were mining gravel when the water-level suddenly started rising. A team of emergency workers including police, home-guard and fire fighters rushed to the spot and rescued the stranded people after gruelling efforts.
Meanwhile, the NH-5 was blocked at Negulsari in Kinnaur after boulders started tumbling again The district administration has stopped vehicular movement on the highway as a precautionary measure.
In Sirmaur, many roads were blocked due to landslides. Multiple landslides also hampered the traffic movement on Kalka-Shimla highway.
The MeT department has issued a yellow weather alert for Sunday, predicting heavy rain, thunderstorms and lightening in low and middle hills.
“Landslide may occur due to heavy rainfall. General public and tourists are not to venture near the river banks as the river levels may increase,” said Shimla MeT centre director Surender Paul.
After Sujanpur, Hamirpur recorded second highest rainfall of 38mm followed by Baldwara 22mm and Kandaghat and Khadrala 20mm each.
Gaggal and Mehre got 19mm rain each, Pachhad and Naina Devi 18mm each, Shillaro 17mm and Kasauli 14mm. State capital Shimla got 10.6mm rainfall and Dharamshala 6.6mm.
