Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur to visit flash flood, landslide hit Mandi district

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Shimla,
Aug
22:
Himachal
Pradesh
Chief
Minister
Jai
Ram
Thakur
will
on
Monday
visit
flash
flood
and
landslide
hit
areas
in
Mandi
district,
officials
said.

Twenty-two
people,
including
eight
members
of
a
family,
were
killed
and
twelve
others
injured
in
36
incidents
of
landslides
and
flash
floods
triggered
by
heavy
rainfall
in
Himachal
Pradesh
on
Saturday.

The
chief
minister’s
home
district
Mandi
is
the
worst
hit
where
13
people
have
died
and
five
persons
are
feared
dead
as
they
went
missing.

At
least
one
person
has
been
injured
in
flash
floods
and
landslides
in
Mandi.

At
least
50
killed
in
floods,
landslides
in
Himachal
Pradesh,
other
states
in
3
days

According
to
officials,
the
chief
minister
is
scheduled
to
reach
Mandi
at
around
8.15
am
in
a
helicopter
from
Shimla.
Thakur
will
specially
visit
Kashan
village
in
Gohar
development
block
where
Khem
Singh
and
seven
other
members
of
his
family
were
buried
alive
under
the
debris
of
their
house
after
a
landslide
occurred
on
August
20.
As
per
his
schedule,
he
will
reach
Kashan
village
by
road
from
Mandi
helipad
at
around
9
am
and
take
stock
of
the
situation
till
12.15
pm.
Subsequently,
he
will
fly
back
to
reach
Shimla
at
around
1.10
pm.

In
Mandi
itself,
six
members
of
a
family
went
missing
after
a
flash
flood
in
Baghi
nullah
on
the
Mandi-Katola-Prashar
road
on
Saturday.
While
the
body
of
a
girl
was
recovered
some
distance
away
from
her
house,
five
other
members
of
her
family
are
feared
dead
as
they
were
washed
away
after
flash
floods.

Several
families
left
their
homes
located
between
Baghi
and
Old
Katola
areas
after
a
cloud
burst
and
took
shelter
at
safer
places
in
Mandi
district
on
Saturday.
Besides,
several
roads,
power
transformers,
and
water
supply
pipes
have
also
been
damaged
in
the
flash
floods.