Himachal Cloudburst: Entire village in Shimla wipeout; only 1 house survives
Himachal Cloudburst: Entire village in Shimla wipeout; only 1 house survives
As of August 3, as many as 53 people are missing while 6 bodies have been recovered following the natural calamity.
August 3, 2024
More than 60 houses were washed away and several villages of Kullu, Mandi, and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh have been severely affected by the floods which were caused by the sudden cloudburst that occurred on the intervening night of July 31 and August 1.
However, in a horrifying incident, Shimla’s Samej village was wiped out after a cloudburst followed by flash floods wreaked havoc in different districts of the state.
Anita Devi from the village of Samej, whose only house has survived, shared her heart-wrenching story, highlighting the severity of the calamity.
She recounted that on Wednesday night, while she and her family were asleep, a loud bang shook their house. “When we looked outside, the entire village had been washed away. We fled to the village’s Bhagwati Kali Mata temple and spent the entire night there,” said Anita Devi as per NDTV.
Anita continued even as her voice trembled with emotion, “Only our house survived the devastation, but everything else was swept away before my eyes. Now, I don’t know who I should stay with.”
Meanwhile, another resident from the village Bakhshi Ram shared that his family members, around 14 to 15 people, were swept away in the flood. “I received news of the flood at 2 am and was in Rampur at the time, so I survived. When I arrived here at 4 am, everything was destroyed. Now, I am searching for my loved ones, hoping that someone is still alive.”
According to a recent report by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on August 3, as many as 53 people are missing while 6 bodies have been recovered following the natural calamity.
