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Red alert: Four district administrations closed schools in HP

Shimla, June 30 (UNI) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert warning for heavy to very heavy rain in four districts of Himachal Pradesh, including Solan, Sirmour, Mandi and Kangra districts.
According to a media report and a notification issued by Mandi district administration, all schools would remain closed in red alert-affected districts today.
Four districts have had incessant rainfall since last night, and water supply, roads, communication and transport are paralysed in these districts.
After keeping sluggish vehicular movement on the Shimla-Kalka road was restored at Chakimorh near Dharmpar in Solan district.
Water levels in Parvati-II and III Dam, the Larji project in Kullu district, and the Sainj project are affected by heavy rains and silt. Power project affected operation in the 1400 to 1500 megawatt project yesterday. The water gate of Pandoh Dam in Mandi district was opened yesterday.
A red alert was sounded to people living on the banks of the Satluj and Beas Rivers due to the discharge of extra water from the spillover of some dams. The State Disaster Response Centre is issuing warnings of water levels in some of the dams and issuing orange and yellow alerts along the river system in the above dams.
Students and people shouldn't go near the water bodies, as it could cause an unpleasant mishap due to a sudden rise in the water level.
"Due to high silt levels, the plants marked in orange have shut down as a precautionary measure on Sainj Birage." Similarly, increasing silt levels in Parveeti II and III are being kept under orange alert.
People living downstream of others dam embankments are advised to stay safe; however, current pond levels of all dams are being kept within the permissible operational limits.
Raising the water level of some of the local rivulets and streams or draining water are overflowing due to incessant rain, posing a challenge to some of the houses in Shimla town. Moreover, temporary sheds along highways, houses built along water streams near the banks of rivulets, and the increasing discharge of water due to heavy rain and choking of some streams in flash flood-affected areas are being washed away and hit by the strong flow of water.
State registered around the loss of 40 lives in just ten days of this monsoon season; however, a couple of bodies are untraced in Lullu and Kangra districts. Two people are missing in the Kullu cloudburst mishap and one in flash flood incidents in Kangra district.
In the last 24 hrs, around 129 roads are affected by heavy rainfall. 57 in Sirmour district, 44 in Mandi and 19 in Kullu. Power supply was also affected in 612 Distribution Transformer Regions, including 340 in Mandi, 140 in Lahaul Spiti and 92 DTR in Solan.
Water lifting schemes are not working due to disruption in power supply in many schemes and increasing turbidity of the water schemes in the state.
State witnessing continued rain and flash floods since June 26 also affected the movement of people due to the stranding of vehicles at several places. A heavy landslide occurred near Arki in Solan district, and stones and boulders also rolled down on the roads.
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