International Desk: The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh has confirmed that 21 people have died in separate incidents in the last 24 hours due to heavy rains. On Sunday, seven people were killed in the state’s Solan district due to flash floods caused by heavy rains. On the same day, a Shiv temple collapsed in a landslide in the Summer Hill area of Shimla, killing at least nine people, reports PTI.
Shimla DC Aditya Negi said that two landslides occurred in Shimla city, in which 15 to 20 people are feared to have been buried. Six people who were swept away by the river after heavy rains were rescued in Solan’s Kandaghat sub-division village. Two houses and a cattle shed were swept away by the water in Jadon. Three teenagers and a child were among those killed in Jadon. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu confirmed the deaths in a Twitter post and expressed deep grief. He assured all assistance to the affected families.
The Himachal Emergency Response Center said that 752 roads in the state have been closed due to various calamities caused by natural calamities. Chief Minister Sukhu said that, considering the safety of the students, all the educational institutions in the state will be closed on Monday.
According to the India Meteorological Department on Monday, under the influence of monsoon winds coming from the southwest, Himachal Pradesh and neighboring Uttarakhand are receiving heavy rains.
