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Thousands moved to safer places in Delhi as Yamuna water level rises; IMD issues red, orange alerts in Himachal | India News
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NEW DELHI: The incessant rains across several regions in north India has brought the area to a state of despair, claiming several lives and leaving thousands stranded. The heavy downpour over the last three days have triggered landslides, caused power disruptions and wreaked havoc as raging waters gushed through villages, towns and fields.
State governments have intensified their relief and rescue efforts in the affected districts, navigating the trail of destruction left behind.
State governments have intensified their relief and rescue efforts in the affected districts, navigating the trail of destruction left behind.
Here’s all you need to know:
- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued “red” and “orange” alerts for several districts of
Himachal Pradesh for the next 24 hours. “A red alert has been issued for very heavy rainfall in Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, Kullu, Mandi, Kinnaur, and Lahaul for the next 24 hours. Additionally, an orange alert has been issued in Una, Hamirpur, Kangra, and Chamba. A flash flood warning has been issued for Mandi, Kinnaur, and Lahaul-Spiti for the next 24 hours,” said senior IMD Scientist Sandeep Kumar Sharma on Monday. - Four of the latest fatalities were reported in
Uttarakhand and the rest in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab. This is in addition to the 37 deaths reported till Monday. - The Delhi government has said thousands of people living in the floodplain of the swollen Yamuna river in the city have been shifted to makeshift accommodations in safer places and provided with food and water. The Yamuna has exceeded the evacuation mark of 206 metres, prompting the relocation of people residing in flood-prone areas to safer locations and a closure of the Old Railway Bridge for road and rail traffic. The river crossed the danger mark of 205.33 metres in Delhi on Monday evening, much earlier than anticipated.
- In Himachal Pradesh, an Indian Air Force helicopter was requisitioned to airlift the tourists stranded at Chandertal in Lahaul and Spiti district but it had to return due to bad
weather conditions. - Around 300 people, mostly tourists, are stuck in camps at Chandertal, located at an altitude of 14,100 feet, following rain and snowfall in the region. All the stranded people would be evacuated to safe places by Tuesday night, officials said, adding that about 100 people were rescued from different places in the hill state on Monday.
- The rains have stopped since Monday evening and the rescue operations and road restoration work have gained pace.
- The weather has cleared up in Haryana and Punjab after three days of heavy downpour. Officials said relief shelters have been set up in the affected districts, including Rupnagar, Patiala, Mohali, Ambala and Panchkula, in the two states.
- A total of 730 girl students of a residential school in Haryana’s Ambala City were shifted to Kurukshetra after floodwaters entered their hostel complex following a beach in the Ghaggar river, officials said on Tuesday. Chaman Vatika Gurukul principal Sonali said the students were shifted on Monday evening after the water level in the hostel reached two or three feet.
(With agency inputs)
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