Search and rescue operation by joint teams of national and State disaster response forces, police and home guards to look for six missing people following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh resumed on Friday (June 27, 2025) morning, officials said.
These people are feared to have been swept away following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday (June 25, 2025).
So far, five bodies have been recovered from a hydro project site in the Kangra district that was hit by flash floods on Wednesday (June 25, 2025), while the search for three missing people is on. The teams are also searching for three persons who went missing at Rehla Bihal in the Kullu district after a cloudburst, officials said.
Search started for the missing three people at 6:30 a.m. near Manuni Khad in the Khaniyara village, said ADM Kangra Shilpa Bekta on Friday (June 27, 2025). The operation was suspended by 9:30 p.m. The task is challenging as the weather is bad, the topography is tough, and there are no mobile signals at the site, she added.
Lovely from the Chamba district, whom the search teams rescued from a forest near the project site, said there were 13 people in the camp, of which five ran towards the hills while the remaining were swept by the gushing waters.
