Normal life was further paralysed in the district as intermittent heavy rain continuing over the past 3 days caused massive damage to standing crops, roads and erosion of fertile land across the district. One person was killed when a hillock fell on his car at Dwada on Mandi-Kulu NH-21.
The green valley of Uttarsal in this district witnessed colossal damage to crops and houses by landslides where in a cluster of villages located on the banks of Uhl river, tributary of Beas, a large number of houses were filled with mud and muck and about a dozen water mills were swept by the force of the flooded water. A jeep Mahindra Pickup was swallowed by the swollen river.
One-kilometer portion of Bagi-Mandha link road submerged in the flooded river. A transformer of the HPSEB ltd was also consumed by the ferocious river as a result of which cluster of villages in the flood-ravaged valley plunged into darkness.
Danger of collapsing hundreds of houses is looming large on the panic stricken villagers of the valley where residents have shifted to their relations located in villages at higher altitude.
In Padhar sub-division of this district extensive damage has been caused to standing crops, lands and roads by erosion and falling of rocks. Chaman lal of village Jhunjunu was washed away in the flooded Nullah. Villagers rescued him at the risk of their lives.
Massive loss has been caused in Darang constituency of Thakur Kaul Singh, Health and Revenu Minister, who is rushing to Mandi to supervise rescue and rehabilitation measures in the district. The scene is not different in tehsil lad Bharol where massive devastation has been reported. loss has been estimated at several lakhs. Former PWD and Revenue Minister, Thakur Gulab Singh, has urged the center to immediately rush a team of experts to Himachal Pradesh to assess the quantum of loss and sanction financial assistance to the backward hill State.
According to Jai Ram Thakur MlA, and former minister, massive damage has been caused to roads, fruits and potatoes crops in his high altitude Seraj segment where several villages have been cut-off from the rest of the State. As many as 20 heads of cattle have been swept in the swollen flooded channels and rivulets.