While in the Lahaul and Spiti district, cloudbursts triggered flash floods in the Mayad Valley, causing the collapse of two more bridges in the Karpat, Changut, and Udgos Nala areas and people from Karpat village have been shifted to safe places amid looming danger.While cloudbursts took place at Shrikhand hill in Nirmand sub division, Bathadh hill of Tirthan Valley in Banjar sub division of Kullu district and at Nanti in Shimla’s Rampur area on Wednesday night. A search was on for the unidentified man who fell into the swollen Parvati river at Chowki in Manikaran of Kullu in the morning.In Kinnaur, flash floods left four people stranded and one injured. The Indian Army stepped in to help and rescued them.“ “On receiving an urgent request from the superintendent of police, Kinnaur, the Army immediately mobilised a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) column. Braving darkness, fast currents and unstable terrain, the team reached the location and discovered four civilians stranded on the far bank of the river,” the army said in a statement on X.As per the State Emergency Operation Centre, a total of 472 roads, including NH-305 (Aut-Sainj) and NH-505 (Khab to Gramphoo), have been closed, including 162 roads in Mandi and 73 in Kullu, while a police post in Ganvi Ravine was swept away due to the rains.Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had flagged the ecological imbalance in Himachal Pradesh and cautioned that the entire state may “vanish into thin air” if the situation does not change.
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