Boulder crushes car, kills man; JCB operator plunges to death in HP; state's monsoon toll now 184
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Kullu: Landslides and rock falls have claimed two more lives in Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 182. Both deaths happened in Shimla district.
A boulder slammed on a car near Gallu Dagri village in Sunni area around 11am on Sunday, crushing it and grievously injuring its three occupants.
They were taken to hospital where Lekhraj, 37, was declared dead.
The two others are under treatment.
The previous night, JCB operator Dinesh, 55, was working an excavator machine to clear a landslide on NH-5 when the land suddenly gave way under him. He and the machine plunged over 300 metres in Kumarsain area on Saturday evening. Around 100 metres into the gorge, he was flung out of the machine and killed instantly.
Battered by relentless rain and cloudbursts, the state has suffered losses worth nearly Rs 1715 crore.
Around 300 roads remained blocked on Sunday, and power and water supply were disrupted in many areas of Himachal Pradesh. A flash flood washed away a bridge connecting Lahaul Spiti with Chamba district early Sunday morning. Besides cutting off the Pangi region of Chamba, the lack of road connectivity directly impacted hundreds of residents of Tindi and Salgran panchayats, where crops are ready for harvesting.
The Chandigarh-Manali highway was also closed for around an hour after a landslide and rockfall at Jogini Mod near Pandoh.
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