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Dipender Manta
Tribune News Service
Mandi, August 19
Flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh have seriously impacted the tourism industry of Kullu and Manali, as room occupancy in hotels ha
Search and rescue operations are under way
MANALI: At least nine people were killed and seven others were reported missing after cloudbursts hit Lahaul-Spiti, Kullu and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday night and early on Wednesday.
The missing persons include four from Kullu and three from Lahaul district.
As per the officials, a cloudburst in Tozing nullah in Lahaul washed away some tents and three vehicles.
Two vehicles – one heading towards Pangi and another towards Jahlma, got stuck in a high flow of water in the Tozing nullah on Tuesday night. An earth-moving vehicle of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was pressed into service to pull out the stranded vehicles.
Dozens of residential houses, several bridges and a mini-hydro power project have been destroyed, the officials told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to the bereaved families and said that the Centre was closely monitoring the situation. He assured that all possible assistance is being provided to the affected areas.
While, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and DGP Dilbagh Singh and took stock of the situation arising due to the cloudbursts.
L-G Sinha announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased in Kishtwar, he said the grievously injured would get Rs 50,000 each and Rs 12,700 under the SDRF.
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