Himachal rains: Shimla faces monsoon fury, Viral videos show houses, Shiv temple collapse due to landslides, floods; netizens slam ‘development’
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Heavy rains have been battering Himachal Pradesh, triggering landslides in Shimla's Summer Hill, Krishna Nagar and Fagli areas
Monsoon fury in
Himachal Pradesh
The death toll due to rains in Himachal Pradesh stood at 57 as of Wednesday after the body of a woman was recovered from the debris of the Shiv temple near Summer Hill, which had collapsed after a landslide
Himachal rains: Death toll
A viral video on social media showed how several houses collapsed completely during a massive landslide in Shimla’s Krishna Nagar area. Agonising screams of onlookers can be heard as they witness a four-storey building collapse along with the other houses
Viral video: Houses collapse
due to landslide in Shimla
Shimla viral video
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Visuals show the destruction caused after a hill collapsed due to heavy rains. With devotees offering prayers during the holy month of Sawan, several people were at the Shiv Bawadi Temple in Shimla’s Summer Hill when the landslide hit at around 7:15 am
Watch: Shimla’s Shiv
temple collapse aftermath
Shimla Shiv temple
Another shocking video shows tall trees falling on top of parked cars in Shimla. “When you leave no gap between the road and a weak hill, then expect this to happen a lot,” wrote a user on X (Twitter)
Trees collapse on parked
cars in Shimla
Shimla
The Indian Air Force has been deployed in the rescue operations in flooded areas of Himachal Pradesh. The video shows a woman being airlifted from atop the terrace of a house
Himachal floods: IAF
rescue ops underway
IAF
A netizen slammed onlookers as they tried to capture videos of trees falling on Khalini road in Shimla,. He wrote on X (Twitter), “Trees falling in Shimla again. Below BCS, Khalini road essentially. Why people have to stand under electric wires beats me. Stupidity.”
Netizen berates onlookers
as trees fall
Shimla
“When we tamper with nature too much! Praying for safety #HimachalPradesh Several houses collapsed in the Krishna Nagar area in #Shimla after a landslide,” tweeted a user as Shimla continued to battle havoc caused by incessant rains
Shimla faces nature’s wrath
Reacting to the horrors caused by the rains in Himachal Pradesh, a user commented on X (Twitter), “Nature's fury or illegal encroachment- deforestation- unnecessary destruction of mountains in the name of tourism, housing, jobs, development etc.???”