- Thursday, April 24, 2025
Scary images surfaced on social media from several states that showed slash floods sweeping away vehicles, houses and shops and landslides and caving-in of roads.
By: Shubham Ghosh
HEAVY downpours in several parts of north India have claimed 28 lives in various rain-related incidents in the past three days, besides wreaking havoc and throwing life out of gear. The Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh was the worst affected.
The weather department predicted more rain for states such as Uttarakhand, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi besides Himachal over the next few days.
Scary images surfaced on social media from several states that showed slash floods sweeping away vehicles, houses and shops and landslides and caving-in of roads.
In Himachal Pradesh, landslides and flash floods caused by incessant rain damaged houses, structures and paralysed normal life.
Several areas of the state, including Manali, Kullu, Kinnaur and Chamba saw the major rivers such as Ravi, Beas, Satlej and Chenab in spate.
Reports of landslides and flash floods were reported from Himachal’s neighbour Uttarakhand, another Himalayan state, with water level in rivers and streams flowing above the danger mark.
Schools remained shut in Gurgaon and Delhi on Monday (10) due to waterlogging. In Gurugram in the state of Haryana, the local administration advised offices to allow employees work from home to avoid traffic jams.
The Aam Aadmi Party government of Delhi has set up 16 control rooms to monitor the city’s flood-prone areas after Haryana released several cusecs of water from its Hathni Kund barrage into the Yamuna river. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was set to chair a high-level meeting on the situation, said while a flood was unlikely, his administration was still ready, NDTV reported.
In the northern Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, where two army personnel were swept away in floods on Saturday (8), a red alert was issued in Kathua and Samba districts. The annual Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage in the state was also affected by the situation.
Waterlogging in low-lying areas caused problems in several parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, prompting authorities to fast swing into action.
