Heavy rain lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh as monsoon remained active in mid and lower hills of the State on Saturday.
The rains triggered landslides in the interior areas of Kullu, Mandi, Kangra and Shimla district disrupting traffic in interior areas. The local MeT office has warned of heavy rains in lower and mid hills in next 48 hours and predicted wet spell in the region for next six days up to August 4.
The lower hills in Himachal had widespread heavy rains and Bhoranj was wettest with 136 mm rains while Gohar and Dehra Gopipur recorded 133 mm and 109 mm rains
respectively. Hamirpur recorded 40 mm, Palampur 38 mm, Mandi and Dharamshala 37 mm each, Shimla 33 mm, Kotkhai 26 mm, and Poanta Sahib 22 mm rains. There were no significant change in day temp. Una was hottest with a high of 35 degrees Celsius followed by Sundernagar and Bhuntar 29 deg, Dharamshala, Solan and Nahan 28 deg, Kangra 26.2 degrees, Shimla 21.7 deg and Kalpa19 degrees Celsius.