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Yellow rain alert in 10 Himachal districts, 200 roads closed
Himachal Pradesh remained largely dry on Thursday with scattered light showers, but the weather department has issued an orange alert for heavy rain on August 14, 17 and 18. A yellow warning…
The Story in Brief
Himachal Pradesh remained largely dry on Thursday with scattered light showers, but the weather department has issued an orange alert for heavy rain on August 14, 17 and 18. A yellow warning for light rain is in place for Thursday across 10 districts including Shimla, Mandi, and Kullu.
The State Emergency Operations Centre said 200 roads were still closed, with Mandi district accounting for the highest number at 64. Thirty-nine water supply schemes were affected and 45 power transformers remained disrupted, 35 of them in Mandi. Flash floods in Lahaul and Spiti on August 11 damaged a 700-metre stretch of road and irrigation channels.
The Indian Opinion
Every monsoon, Himachal's road and power infrastructure buckles under routine rain, yet repair work remains glacial. The narrative that only extreme weather causes disruption is undermined by the fact that even a yellow alert day left 200 roads and 39 water schemes non-functional. The real test is not the orange alert date, it is whether the government can keep roads open and transformers working under a normal monsoon shower.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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