Village chief who alerted others falls sufferer to Himachal landslide together with kin

By PTI

SHIMLA: When extraordinarily heavy rains lashed Kashan in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, village chief Khem Singh despatched a message on a WhatsApp group asking individuals to stay alert.

But the ‘pradhan’ himself and 7 different relations have been killed in a landslide.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur mentioned this on Monday after visiting flash flood and landslide-hit areas in Mandi district and introduced that Singh’s home could be reconstructed by the administration.

Twenty-two individuals have been killed, twelve injured and 5 feared useless as they went lacking in 36 incidents of landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall throughout Himachal Pradesh on Saturday.

Thakur additionally introduced that the state authorities will present Rs 4 lakh to subsequent of kin of the deceased who misplaced their lives within the landslides and flash floods.

The chief minister mentioned their lives couldn’t be saved though rescue groups had left for the village with out losing any time after getting details about the landslide.

However, it took a number of hours to succeed in there as all of the roads resulting in the village have been badly broken, he mentioned.

Thakur met Singh’s kin throughout his go to to Kashan village in and expressed his condolences.

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The CM mentioned he has directed the deputy commissioners of the districts affected by rains to swiftly act to revive broken roads, energy and water provide.

Thakur mentioned the Centre had already been apprised in regards to the state of affairs created by rains and a central crew would go to the state to evaluate the loss as per norms.

Meanwhile Tibetan religious chief Dalai Lama has written a letter to Thakur, expressing his disappointment over the lack of lives and injury to property owing to heavy rains within the state, his workplace mentioned.

“I offer my condolences to you, to the families who have lost loved ones, and to all those affected by this devastation,” he wrote.

“I pray for them. I appreciate that the state government and other agencies are doing their utmost to provide relief to people affected by these calamitous conditions. As a token of our solidarity with the people of Himachal Pradesh, our friends and neighbours, the Dalai Lama Trust is making a donation to relief and rescue efforts,” the letter mentioned.

The CM’s dwelling district Mandi was the worst hit the place 13 individuals died and 5 have been feared useless in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.

In Mandi, six members of a household went lacking after a flash flood in Baghi nullah on the Mandi-Katola-Prashar highway on Saturday.

While the physique of a woman was recovered at a long way away from her home, 5 members of her household are feared useless as they have been washed away after flash flood.

Besides a number of roads, energy transformers and water provide pipes have been additionally broken.

SHIMLA: When extraordinarily heavy rains lashed Kashan in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, village chief Khem Singh despatched a message on a WhatsApp group asking individuals to stay alert.

But the ‘pradhan’ himself and 7 different relations have been killed in a landslide.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur mentioned this on Monday after visiting flash flood and landslide-hit areas in Mandi district and introduced that Singh’s home could be reconstructed by the administration.

Twenty-two individuals have been killed, twelve injured and 5 feared useless as they went lacking in 36 incidents of landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall throughout Himachal Pradesh on Saturday.

Thakur additionally introduced that the state authorities will present Rs 4 lakh to subsequent of kin of the deceased who misplaced their lives within the landslides and flash floods.

The chief minister mentioned their lives couldn’t be saved though rescue groups had left for the village with out losing any time after getting details about the landslide.

However, it took a number of hours to succeed in there as all of the roads resulting in the village have been badly broken, he mentioned.

Thakur met Singh’s kin throughout his go to to Kashan village in and expressed his condolences.

ALSO READ | Monsoon fury: At least 50 useless in rain-related incidents in Himachal, different states in three days

The CM mentioned he has directed the deputy commissioners of the districts affected by rains to swiftly act to revive broken roads, energy and water provide.

Thakur mentioned the Centre had already been apprised in regards to the state of affairs created by rains and a central crew would go to the state to evaluate the loss as per norms.

Meanwhile Tibetan religious chief Dalai Lama has written a letter to Thakur, expressing his disappointment over the lack of lives and injury to property owing to heavy rains within the state, his workplace mentioned.

“I offer my condolences to you, to the families who have lost loved ones, and to all those affected by this devastation,” he wrote.

“I pray for them. I appreciate that the state government and other agencies are doing their utmost to provide relief to people affected by these calamitous conditions. As a token of our solidarity with the people of Himachal Pradesh, our friends and neighbours, the Dalai Lama Trust is making a donation to relief and rescue efforts,” the letter mentioned.

The CM’s dwelling district Mandi was the worst hit the place 13 individuals died and 5 have been feared useless in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.

In Mandi, six members of a household went lacking after a flash flood in Baghi nullah on the Mandi-Katola-Prashar highway on Saturday.

While the physique of a woman was recovered at a long way away from her home, 5 members of her household are feared useless as they have been washed away after flash flood.

Besides a number of roads, energy transformers and water provide pipes have been additionally broken.