Flood alert in Himachal
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ THURSDAY, JULY 07, 2005 01:27:47 AM ]

SHIMLA: Flood alert has been sounded in many areas of Himachal Pradesh
as Beas and other rivers went into spate, swamping vast tracts of land
in Kullu, Mandi, Kinnaur and Shimla districts after over 36 hours of
incessant rain.All major power projects have opened their floodgates
and sounded a general alert, advising people living downstream of the
dams to move to safer places. The swirling waters of Parvati washed
away a school building, a bridge and a building under construction at
Ghushani in Kullu district, senior superintendent of police A P Singh
said on Wednesday. Three persons, including a watchman of the school
are missing.Singh said there were no casualties so far, as measures
had been taken to evacuate people to safer places. The Beas waters had
inundated a 5-km stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali highway near Hanogi
and also entered houses and bazaars in Sainj area in Kullu district