Over 150 people stuck in HP's Lahaul-Spiti due to flash flood

According to the Lahaul-Spiti District Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC), a rescue team comprising administration, police and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel has rushed to the spot.

Shimla/Kullu: More than 150 people are stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti district due to a flash flood, the state disaster management department said on Monday. According to the Lahaul-Spiti District Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC), a rescue team comprising administration, police and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel has rushed to the spot.

More than 150 people are stranded near Chatru and Dorni Morh as Sumdo-Kaza-Gramphoo (SKG) road in the Lahaul subdivision is blocked due to a flash flood that occurred at Dorni nullah around 11.15 pm on Sunday, the DEOC said. Naib tehsildar of Keylong subdivision along with police and BRO personnel are at the spot to carry out a rescue operation, the department said.

Meanwhile, the Beas river remained in spate due to heavy rains on Sunday in district Kullu as there was a cloudburst in the Tosh Nala of Manikarn Valley in the evening. Due to a cloud burst in the drain, the lands owned by the villagers adjacent to the drain also got submerged. At the same time, due to the flowing of the culvert, now the vehicles of tourists are also stuck.

The local people have informed the Kullu administration that there no casualties have been recorded so far. The team of the Revenue Department also visited the village on Monday and the damage caused due to cloudburst has been taken stock.