North India Rain: Torrential rains have caused havoc across the country for the last three days. At this time, the havoc of rain is being seen the most in Himachal Pradesh. Similar situations are also being seen in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana. This is the reason that 41 more people have lost their lives after this devastation caused by heavy rains in North India. Several teams of Army and NDRF have been deployed to speed up the relief and rescue operations.
Himachal Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said that at least 17 people have died in rain-related incidents in the state in the last two days. Sukhu says that the state has not seen such heavy rains in the last 50 years. He said efforts are on to rescue 400 tourists and locals stranded between Pagal and Telgi Nallah in Lahaul and Spiti in Chandratal.
How many deaths occurred in which states
Nine people were killed and six others injured on Sunday in landslides and other related incidents during the ongoing heavy rains in Uttarakhand. The administration has been asked to remain on ‘red alert’ in view of the meteorological department forecasting bad weather for the time being. Due to landslides at many places, many routes including national highways were closed. Apart from this, there is news of death of 17 people after heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh. About 9 people died in Punjab and Haryana.
In North India, many rivers including the Yamuna in Delhi are in spate. Many roads and residential areas in the area have been submerged in knee-deep water. Vehicles were seen flowing in the flood at many places. Due to the record rains on Sunday, the municipal bodies also looked helpless in improving the situation. A total of 39 NDRF teams have been deployed to deal with heavy rains and floods in four states of North India. Officials said that 14 NDRF teams are working in Punjab, while a dozen teams are deployed in Himachal Pradesh, eight in Uttarakhand and five in Haryana.
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