NEW DELHI: Days of intense monsoon rains across northern India have left at least 29 people dead, rendering many areas inaccessible with bridges smashed and roads blocked, officials said on Monday (Jul 10).
across northern India have left at least 29 people dead, rendering many areas inaccessible with bridges smashed and roads blocked, officials said on Monday .
"In the last two days, the death toll due to monsoon rains has risen to 20 in Himachal Pradesh," said Omkar Sharma, a senior official heading disaster management in the state. Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed"deep sorrow" at the deaths and said the government was"making all-out efforts" to tackle the situation, with more rain predicted.Authorities were waiting for a break in the rains to send helicopter missions to rescue about 300 stranded people - including tourists - in Himachal Pradesh's areas of Lahaul-Spiti and Kullu.
Schools in New Delhi were shut on Monday after receiving the most rain in a single day in July in four decades, and the capital was on high alert as the Yamuna River was flowing close to danger levels, with many roads swamped.Official data shows monsoon rains across the country in the first week of July have already produced about two per cent more rainfall than normal.
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