Earlier a family lost members spanning three generations in the mishap in which a temple in the Summer Hill area of rain-battered Shimla district was washed away following a landslide triggered by Monday’s cloudburst.
Daulat Ram, the up-pradhan of Varal village, wrote to the tehsildar claiming that the Blasan-Chanri-Padsari Road linking the village to the main road was closed since July 9 after heavy rain caused landslides.
CM Sukhu was presiding over the meeting of the Urban Development Department here on Tuesday.
The HP Police provided the woman with the Kullu Police control room for information. Following this, she on Friday thanked the police, stating that her brother has contacted the family.
CM Sukhu on Wednesday said that mobile network connectivity has been restored in Manali. After BSNL Mobile, Landline and FTTH services were restored in Manali on Wednesday, CM Sukhu said that efforts are underway to restore the network in Kasol.
Earlier CM Sukhu said more than 50,000 tourists have been evacuated by rescuers from across the state.
Sukhu said 14 people have lost their lives due to heavy rains in the state. Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday issued a red alert for Himachal Pradesh for heavy rains during the day.
According to the weather department, different areas of Kangra, Chamba, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla, and Solan districts are expected to get light-intensity rainfall with thunderstorms in the next 2-3 hours.
The Uttarakhand State Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for Wednesday and a yellow alert for June 1, following continuous rainfall in Uttarkashi since Tuesday night, officials said.
Children up to the five years of age will also be given Vitamin A supplements, they said.
Thakur said that all will have to collectively fight against the menace of drugs.
The cabinet also gave its nod to introduce e-stamping in the State for the collection of stamp duty to promote ease of doing business.
He said that PGI Satellite Centre Una was crucial for providing better health care services for the people of Una, Kangra, Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts.
The results of the elections, which are being held on party symbols, will be declared on Thursday. The civic body’s five-year term ended in June 2022 but the elections were delayed by 11 months.
According to State Election Commission data, 93,920 voters are registered to exercise their franchises in the elections. These include 49,759 male and 44,161 female voters at 153 polling booths.
The BJP, which controlled the civic body, in addition to being in power at the Centre and in the state, failed to develop Shimla town, he charged and alleged that there was corruption in the utilisation of Smart City Mission funds.
This comes after Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Suresh Kashyap tendered his resignation to the party’s national president JP Nadda citing his personal reasons.
According to Rajesh Kumar, superintending engineer of HP Power Board, Hamirpur, an estimate of Rs 156 crore has been prepared for strengthening and modernisation of the power supply system in the district.
Rainfall is likely at many places on April 20 and 21 due to western disturbances and cyclonic circulation, the weather forecast said.
Panchayat head Sonam Zangpo said the gram sabha meeting held on Sunday took a consensus decision to stop serving beer at weddings and other festivals to curb wasteful expenditure at such functions.
Irked by the reply, BJP’s Randhir Sharma said the answer given by the minister was political and asked what alternate arrangements have been made to keep the work going.
According to a complaint filed by the victim’s mother, when she went to her son Vijay’s (44) house, she found his body lying in a pool of blood, police said.
As per the report of field officers from across the state, out of 4,01,853 hectares, crops on 85,538.20 hectares of land have been damaged due to inadequate/ deficient rains.
The temple trust said Hindu organisations supported the wedding of the civil engineer groom and the M.Tech bride.
Superintendent of Police, Kullu, Sakshi Verma told PTI that there was an altercation between locals and pilgrims during a local fair but no serious injuries have been reported.