Shimla: Heavy rains continued to lash various parts of Himachal Pradesh, disrupting normal life in lower and mid hills while most of the rivers are in spate due to sudden rise in water level due to rains in catchments areas.
Heavy rains triggered landslide in Tyori village in Mandi district near Pandoh, 15 kilometers from district headquarters damaging half-a-dozen cowsheds and some buildings, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mandi Gopal Chand said. "Half-a-dozen cattle sheds and government buildings were partially damaged. The link road to the village has been wiped out," he said.
Meanwhile, the Director of local MeT office Manmohan Singh said heavy to very heavy rains are likely at isolated places in Shimla, Solan, Kullu, Sirmaur and Mandi districts during next 24 hours.
An alert has been sounded by district administrations of Mandi, Kangra, Una and Hamirpur, cautioning the people living along the banks of rivers to shift to safer places in view of threat of flash floods, an official spokesman said.
Due to sudden rise in discharge of water in the Ravi river, excess water was discharged by opening the gates as precautionary measure resulting in increase in water level of Bhakra and Pong Dams under BBMB which stood at 1,623.85 feet and 1,330 feet respectively.
The water level was 1,621.78 feet and 1,328.61 feet in Bhakra and Pong dams respectively on Saturday but it increased due to heavy rains in catchment areas.
Meanwhile, heavy rains lashed parts of Kangra, Mandi, Sirmaur and Solan districts.
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