State’s capital Shimla has witnessed several landslides in the past weeks with the toll in rain-related incidents in the district in the past 10 days rising to 26. During this year’s monsoon, Himachal Pradesh experienced three major episodes of intense rainfall.
Himachal Pradesh has been facing nature’s wrath as the state witnessed several landslides following heavy downpours which resulted in the death of 120 people this month alone. State’s capital Shimla has witnessed several landslides in the past weeks with the toll in rain-related incidents in the district in the past 10 days rising to 26, which include 17 deaths in Summer Hill landslide, five in Fagli and two in Krishna Nagar. The victims of the landslide narrated their pain as they were left with close to nothing to look forward to as their day-to-day lives had been completely shattered due to the landslides and were forced to live the life of a refugee.
Narrating her harrowing experience, Promila, who lost her home in a landslide in Shimla said, “Death would have better than going through this nightmare with nowhere to go and no shoulder to cry on.”