Shimla:
Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh have triggering landslides in various places and increased water levels in rivers. An alert has been sounded off for people living along the banks to move to safer place.
Mandi-Kullu, Mandi-Palampur and Mandi-Shimla highways were blocked for two to three hours due to landslides, while a bridge near Solang was washed away in rains.
A massive landslide changed the course of a swollen stream, flooding a hospital in Mandi where several vehicles parked in the hospital complex were buried under the debris.
All rivers and their tributaries were in spate following which an alert was sounded advising people living along the river banks to shift to safer places in view of flash flood threats due to rains in catchment areas.
The water level of Yamuna River was gradually rising, while Beas River was flowing swollen in lower Himachal Pradesh.
Dharamsala received the maximum 160 mm of rainfall in the state, followed by Palampur 150, Paonta Sahib 141, Kangra 75 mm, Gaggal 73 and Mandi 60 mm.
Monsoon remained active in most parts of the state during past 24 hours and local MeT office has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Sirmaur, Solan, Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Una districts along with parts of Shimla, Mandi and Kangra during the next 48 hours.