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Monsoon death toll went up to 202 in HP16 people died in last 24 hrs

Death toll of monsoon season went up to 202 in Himachal Pradesh as  16 people died inlast 24 hrs nine bodies have been recovered and seven are still missing. 
State Disaster management authority said in the press release issued here today that 103 People killed in rain related road mishap, 24 falling from road, building and cliff, 21 died in landslides, 19 drowning, two in fire, seven in snake bites, three in electrocution, four in slipping from the height and glacier one in man animal conflict and nine in other mishap.
Spokesperson said that bodies of seven person died in Lahaul Spiti in flash flood incident at Tozing Nallah were recovered and three were still missing rescue operation to traced the bodies is being conducted by the ITBP and State Police Jawan. All the tenkilled in the mishap  were the labourer who were staying in a tents which washed away by the flash flood.
In Mankiaran area of Kullu district four persons washed away while they are crossing a nallah near Parvat river early this \morning. The bodies of deceased including a woman, four year children, a local and tourists could not traced out sofar.
Two person died early this morning in Chamba district as a JCB washed down by a flashflood in Salooni area and one person died after falling from a cliff. In last 24 hrs six persons were injured in rain related mishap. 
Shimla district recorded loss of 32 lives, 22 in Kangra, 20 in Sirmaur, 19 each in Mandi and Chamba, 17 in Lahaul Spiti district16 in Kullu,  15 in Solan, 14 in Kinnaur , 12 in Una and 11 Bilaspur and five in Hamipur.
Road mishap alone took toll of 24 People in Shimla, 18 in Sirmuar, 15 in Solan, 10 in Chamba, nine each  in Una and Mandi five in Kullu, Four  in Bilaspur, three each in Kinnaur and Lahaul Spiti, two in Hamipur and one in Kangra district.
Kangra district witnessed monsoon furry recently as ten people died in landslides and eight due to drowning in Shahpur area the district. It is followed by Kinnaur district as nine Tourists killed in tragic landslides at Batsari area of Sangla valley on Monday and three others injured.
Eight people drown in Kangra , three each have drowned in Mandi and Kullu, two in Bilaspur and one each in Shimla, Hamirpur and Lahaul Spiti in the monsoon rains and flash flood. Seven people died in flashfllood and cloudburst in Lahaul Spiti districton Monday night two in Chamba.
In the state as many as 387 road and five bridges washed away or damaged in the flood as 70 roads are disrupted in Kullu, 69 in Sirmaur and \59 in Shimla and 55 in Lahaul Spiti district. Power supply has been affected in 345 places and water supply 175 places . Four valley bridgeswere damaged or washed away in Lahaul Spiti district and one in Shimla district. 
Nine houses were completely damaged in the state 31 are partly damaged. Heavy rain also dmaged 32 cowshed sand 
In the Monsoon rain 393 animal or livestock worth Rs 26.4 Cr have been killed and Monsoon rain have caused cumulative loss of Rs 5029 Cr to public and private property in the state. 

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