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#Punjab: At gate no. 27 b/w Amritsar & Manawala. As Dussehra celebration was taking place some incident had occurred& people started rushing towards closed gate number 27 while a DMU train number 74943 was passing the closed gate: CPRO Northern Railway; Visuals from accident site
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Five members of a family were killed after a landslide hit their dhok (temporary shelter at higher reaches) in Jammu and Kashmir's hilly Doda district on Sunday night.
Charing a meeting to access the current situation as a result of the heavy rains in H.P and water being released from dams. Preparing a contingency plan for the same. Will ensure safety of Punjabis. Have also ordered a Special Girdawari to assess crop damage, if any. pic.twitter.com/tI47UbLJep
The water flow at Sutlej Pull border between Khanna and Nawanshahr is going strong, with the Bhakra-Beas...
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Management Board in Hoshiarpur warning about floods in the downstream areas. All three gates were also opened to release water from Sukhna lake. (Express photo)
Two Khanna families were shifted out of their homes, which looked like they were about to collapse, by the police today afternoon. The families were moved to a shelter. (Express photo/Nirupama Subramanian)
#Flood alert and heavy rains in #Punjab, CM @capt_amarinder issues an appeal:‘I appeal to the people to exercise restraint. During the next 24 hours they should move out of their houses only if it is unavoidable.’ @IndianExpress
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh appealed to the people to try and not move out of their houses in the next 24 hours. "I appeal to the people to exercise restraint. During the next 24 hours, they should move out of their houses only if it is unavoidable," he said.
Fatehgarh Sahib Deputy Commissioner has declared holiday for both government and private schools and anganwadi centres tomorrow. Meanwhile, snowfall at Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district saw temperatures nosedive beyond freezing point, according to the Meteorological Centre. Keylong recorded its lowest temperature at minus 0.2 degree Celsius. The MeT has further said that light to moderate rainfall would occur at scattered places in Himachal tomorrow, thereafter the weather would almost be dry.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has also asked district authorities to make arrangements for equipment to drain out flood water. "Districts in catchment areas of three rivers should arrange enough boats to rescue affected people," Singh further said. The CM will review the arrangements in a meeting with senior officers later in the day and further instructions will follow thereafter. The Punjab government has also released helpline numbers: 100, 112, 95929-14053 (Police Control Room, 95929-14037 SHO/Doraha & 97179-17789 SSP/Khanna).
Meanwhile, in Delhi, heavy rains lashed several parts of the capital and NCR on Monday, causing waterlogging and traffic snarls on major intersections in the city. Roads such as Fatehpuri T-point on S P Mukherjee Marg, Rajdhani Park, Mehrauli-Badarpur T-point and Pramod Mahajan Marg were waterlogged. A breakdown of a truck on Nangloi flyover further caused congestion on the road from Nangloi towards Peeragarhi. The MeT office has predicted cloudy sky with moderate rainfall and scattered thundershowers.
According to data recorded at 8.30 am, Dalhousie in Chamba district experienced 170 mm rain in the past 24 hours, followed by Chamba 117 mm, Manali 121 mm, Kangra 120.8 mm, Palampur 108 mm, Dharamshala 62.6 mm and Una 62 mm. The capital Shimla experienced 23.1 mm rainfall.
Five people feared missing after a car was washed away in Manali: Sub-Divisional Magistrate Raman Gharsangi #HimachalRains
Ravi river is still flowing at dangerous level, but we are hopeful as rainfall has reduced to drizzling. Evacuations in low lying areas being done since yesterday. Most of the traffic has been stopped in the district: Dr.Monika, Chamba SP. #HimachaL