<p>Shimla: Residents of 11 houses were evacuated to a safer location after heavy rains triggered a landslide in a village in Kullu district on Saturday, an official said.</p>.<p>A transit camp was set up to accommodate around 20 people following the landslide on a hill behind Duridhar village in Sainj Valley.</p>.<p>"Our priority was to save lives, which we successfully achieved. They have been moved to a transit camp established at the public works department's rest house. The area's technical assessment will be conducted soon," Kullu Deputy Commissioner Tarul S Raveesh said.</p>.<p>Sainj panchayat pradhan Bhagat Ram Azaad recounted the incident, stating that stones began falling on the village as a portion of the hill started sliding down. Acting swiftly, the authorities evacuated all families from the area.</p>.Eight killed, 21 injured as bus falls 100 feet off road in Himachal's Mandi; probe ordered.<p>Himachal has been experiencing heavy rains for the past few days. As of Saturday evening, a total of 213 roads, including two national highways, had been closed to vehicular traffic due to the rain, officials said.</p>.<p>In the disaster-hit Mandi district alone, where multiple cloudbursts caused significant damage on the night of June 30, approximately 140 roads, including the Manali-Kotali road (NH-70), were closed.</p>.<p>National Highway (305), connecting Sainj to Aut, has been blocked at Kekhsu and Jhed due to landslides caused by recent heavy rains in Kullu district.</p>.<p>According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), 31 power distribution transformers and 141 water supply schemes have also been affected across the state.</p>.<p>Since the onset of monsoon in the state on June 20 to date, as many as 82 people have died and 34 have gone missing in rain-related incidents. The state has experienced 42 flash floods, 25 cloudbursts and 32 landslides during this monsoon, resulting in losses of the tune of Rs 1,436 crore, the SEOC stated.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, light to moderate rains have been received at several places since Friday evening. Additionally, thunderstorms lashed Sundernagar, Shimla and Jubbarhatti.</p>.<p>The local MeT office has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rains at isolated areas in four districts -- Chamba, Kangra, Mandi and Kullu -- on July 29 (Tuesday).</p>.<p>Keylong was the coldest at night, recording a low of 12.9 degrees Celsius, while Una was the hottest in the day with a high of 36.8 degrees Celsius. </p>
<p>Shimla: Residents of 11 houses were evacuated to a safer location after heavy rains triggered a landslide in a village in Kullu district on Saturday, an official said.</p>.<p>A transit camp was set up to accommodate around 20 people following the landslide on a hill behind Duridhar village in Sainj Valley.</p>.<p>"Our priority was to save lives, which we successfully achieved. They have been moved to a transit camp established at the public works department's rest house. The area's technical assessment will be conducted soon," Kullu Deputy Commissioner Tarul S Raveesh said.</p>.<p>Sainj panchayat pradhan Bhagat Ram Azaad recounted the incident, stating that stones began falling on the village as a portion of the hill started sliding down. Acting swiftly, the authorities evacuated all families from the area.</p>.Eight killed, 21 injured as bus falls 100 feet off road in Himachal's Mandi; probe ordered.<p>Himachal has been experiencing heavy rains for the past few days. As of Saturday evening, a total of 213 roads, including two national highways, had been closed to vehicular traffic due to the rain, officials said.</p>.<p>In the disaster-hit Mandi district alone, where multiple cloudbursts caused significant damage on the night of June 30, approximately 140 roads, including the Manali-Kotali road (NH-70), were closed.</p>.<p>National Highway (305), connecting Sainj to Aut, has been blocked at Kekhsu and Jhed due to landslides caused by recent heavy rains in Kullu district.</p>.<p>According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), 31 power distribution transformers and 141 water supply schemes have also been affected across the state.</p>.<p>Since the onset of monsoon in the state on June 20 to date, as many as 82 people have died and 34 have gone missing in rain-related incidents. The state has experienced 42 flash floods, 25 cloudbursts and 32 landslides during this monsoon, resulting in losses of the tune of Rs 1,436 crore, the SEOC stated.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, light to moderate rains have been received at several places since Friday evening. Additionally, thunderstorms lashed Sundernagar, Shimla and Jubbarhatti.</p>.<p>The local MeT office has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rains at isolated areas in four districts -- Chamba, Kangra, Mandi and Kullu -- on July 29 (Tuesday).</p>.<p>Keylong was the coldest at night, recording a low of 12.9 degrees Celsius, while Una was the hottest in the day with a high of 36.8 degrees Celsius. </p>