Shimla/Chamba/Kangra: Monsoon mayhem has left Himachal battered, with the death toll climbing to 368 and the state staring at a staggering ₹14,880 crore in losses if counted for the last three years.
This monsoon Torrential rains, landslides, and flash floods have cut off lifelines, leaving 408 roads blocked, including several highways critical for apple movement and Yatra routes.
The state government’s preliminary assessment shows the devastation spread across districts — not just in lives lost but also in homes, crops, livestock, and infrastructure wiped away.
District-Wise total Losses
Kangra: ₹2,67. 2 crore – bridges, rural roads, and farms washed away; low-lying belts flooded.
Mandi: ₹2,42.2 crore – landslides hammered NH-21, villages cut off, apple trucks stranded.
Shimla: ₹1,80.6 crore – repeated slides in Junga and Theog flattened homes and orchards.
Solan: ₹1,68.1 crore – highways linking to industries snapped, houses damaged.
Kullu: ₹1,25.8 crore – Beas river surges took away land and property; orchards buried in silt.
Sirmaur: ₹1,23.1 crore – rural belts saw homes collapsing and cattle deaths, Giri floodplain inundated.
Chamba: ₹1,14.4 crore – Bharmour and Manimahesh tracks remain blocked; villages marooned, roads, bridges, vehicles etc.
Kinnaur: ₹1,07.2 crore – fragile mountain roads turned into rubble fields.
Bilaspur: ₹61.1 crore – houses and farmlands hit.
Hamirpur: ₹52.0 crore – flash floods swept rural habitations jal Shakti.
Una: ₹37.3 crore – Swan floodplain areas inundated.
The hill state’s total losses in agriculture and horticulture alone top ₹1,70.0 crore, while over 14,000 houses stand damaged or destroyed.
More than 65,000 livestock and poultry deaths have been reported, adding to farmers’ pain.
The Met office has sounded fresh alerts for Kangra, Mandi, and Sirmaur, where swollen rivers and unstable slopes could spell more trouble.
Disaster response teams are stretched thin, with officials admitting that clearing blocked roads is taking longer as repeated landslides undo the repairs.
