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Very heavy rainfall wreak havoc in Manikaran, Malana and Sainj valleys of Kullu district

Parvati river, Chonj and Malana rivluts in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh are wreaked hovoc as water level inflated after very heavy rainfall and cloud burst like rain in the district washing away resident, Tourist a bridge, houses, cowshed , food stalls eataries and Public and private properties. State Secretary for Disaster management Sudesh Mokta said that one killed four to five including a tourist are missing , a valley bridge on Parvati river washed away. Landslide, flood and rising of water of rivers and rivluts  caused massive devastation.

A cloud burst like rain on Bhuntar road in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh has caused floods in the Choj Nallah in Manikaran Valley.  Due to landslide, where the road near Kasol in Bhuntar-Manikarn road is closed.  At the same time, four to six people are missing due to the floods.  Search operation to traced out missing are started by local people. In this incident five cows including three houses, one guest house, three camping sites, one cowshed were washed away . The missing identified as Rohit, a resident of Sundernagar(Mandi), Kapil of Pushkar of Rajasthan, Rahul Chaudhary , Dharamsala (Kangra district) and Arjun from Banjar(Kullu district).Apart from this, three camping sites have been completely destroyed in the rubble, while food eataries belonged to Hira Lal, Lata Devi, Pane Ram and Pannalal have also been flooded. The houses of Nanak Chand, Pene Ram and Dunichand have also been washed away. The teams of the district administration and rescue teams have left for the spot, but the fire department vehicles including the district administration team who came out to take stock of the damage were stuck due to the landslide. There is number of vehicles stranding ahead of Zari due to landslide on the road. The village of Chojh  has been cut off after the bridge over the Parvati river got washed away. According to the people, flood wreaked heavy damage as houses and restaurants built at the confluence site of Parvati river and Choj Nala have been washed away. How many people were in these houses and restaurants, the situation is not clear yet. SDM Kullu Vikas Shukla said that only after reaching the spot, the situation of loss and flow of people would be clear. We have taken stock of the damage caused by the debris on Malana Road, where everyone is safe, but there has been a lot of damage to property. Malana Project offices and sheds have been washed away by the debris in Malana. Flood also caused massive damage to the Malana project, but everyone here is said to be safe. The rescue team is taking stock of the damage on the spot. Many roads in the Sainj Valley have been closed due to the heavy rain that night. There has been a landslide on Shanshar Road. Apart from this, several roads in Banjar, Ani, Kullu and Manali areas are reported to be closed due to landslides.

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