Shimla: The loss of monsoon season in Himachal has crossed one thousand crores. This loss has been recorded in the last 47 days. Monsoon entered Himachal on 27 June, and since then there have been continuous rains and cloudbursts in the state. 55 people went missing in a single day in the cloudburst incident in Shimla, Mandi, and Kullu; rescue operations are still going on to search for them. So far, 27 bodies have been recovered. Nine people died in an accident in Una a few days ago, while one is still missing. 110 people have died in the state so far since the monsoon season started. Of these, Mandi has lost the most number of 21 people, while Kangra has 19, Una has 11, Shimla has 10, Sirmaur has nine, Chamba, Kullu, and Solan have eight, Hamirpur has four, Kinnaur has three, and Lahaul-Spiti has two.
33 people are still missing across the state. Of these, the most number of 19 are from Shimla, 12 are from Kullu, and one person each is missing from Mandi and Lahaul-Spiti. The rescue team engaged in the search for the missing people from Shimla recovered one more body on Monday. PWD has suffered the most loss so far during the monsoon. PWD has suffered 46 per cent of the total loss. PWD has suffered a loss of Rs 436 crore. Apart from this, the loss has been estimated to be Rs 403 crore to the Water Power Department, Rs 139 crore to the Horticulture Department, Rs 1 crore 32 lakh to the Agriculture Department, and Rs 97 lakh to the Electricity Board.
