Rain triggers landslides at several places in Himachal; orange alert issued
Traffic on the Dharmshala-Chataro-Gaggal road was halted due to a landslide, and officials are currently engaged in road-clearing operations, officials said.
Reports also emerged of water logging at the Shahid Inder Singh Middle School in Pandoh, which caused inconvenience for students.
The Met Office issued an orange warning for heavy to very heavy rains in isolated parts of the state on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and a yellow warning for heavy rains in isolated areas on Tuesday.
Some parts of Shimla witnessed power outages along with landslide with many roads getting blocked in Kangra district. In Shimla, power outages were reported in several areas, with residents complaining of no electricity for the past 10 hours as of Friday morning.
The affected areas include Kanlog, Sanjauli, and nearby localities. Residents of these areas said that the power supply was disrupted around midnight, and repeated calls to the local electricity department went unanswered. Landslide was reported in Jutogh Cantt area in Shimla. A four-wheeler was completely damaged after coming under the landslide here. Meanwhile, the electricity supply which had gone out around 12 midnight was only restored around 1pm on Friday. The weather department said that the arrival of Southwest Monsoon over Himachal Pradesh. Heavy to very heavy rainfall activity very likely over parts of plains/low hills and adjoining mid hills during 20th to 25th June, 2025. The Southwest Monsoon has set in over Himachal Pradesh and covered some parts of the state including Shimla, on Friday. During last 24 hours, heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning reported at isolated places of the state with moderate rainfall at few places of the state. Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest monsoon over remaining parts of Himachal Pradesh during next 2 days.
In view of the advancement of Southwest Monsoon over Himachal Pradesh, weather department said that fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over many parts of low hills/plains & adjoining mid hills and light to moderate rainfall over some parts of the high & adjoining mid hills of the state during 20th to 25th June, 2025 with peak intensity on June 22 and June 25.
Vipin Kumar, Sub-Divisional Officer, electricity department, said, 'A power panel has developed a technical snag due to increased moisture in the environment during the ongoing rain. It will take some time to repair the panel. Many of its wires have been affected by carbon deposits. We need to repair all the wires and then dry them using small boilers.'Shimla electricity officer Lokesh Thakur admitted there was an issue. 'There is a fault in the main electricity line supplying power to Kanlog, near the Central Potato Research Institute building. Our staff is working to fix the issue. The rain has made the restoration work more challenging. Electricity supply has been restored in some parts of Sanjauli. Our staff members are on the job,' he added.
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