Cloudburst washes away two bridges, atleast one woman killed
Two bridges washed away in cloudburst, in Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The bridge was washed away 16 km from Darcha on the Darcha-Shinku La road in Himachal Pradesh, with repairs expected to take three days. A woman was killed and a vehicle was buried in debris after a fresh cloudburst triggered a flash flood near Sangam Nullah in the Kaza area of Lahaul and Spiti district on Friday night.
According to the State Emergency Operation Centre in Shimla, the woman, identified as Yeshe Zangmo, was swept away by the floodwaters, and her body was later recovered by rescuers. There were no passengers in the buried vehicle
Ashutosh Gadekar, OIC, Darcha-Shinku LA road 126 RCC BRO says, " Cloudburst occurred on 2nd August around 8:30 pm, in this a Bailey bridge and anewly constructed bridge were washed away...our team is on the job, we will reopen the way in 2-3 days. We will build a new bridge in 2-3 days".