Severe Flooding and Infrastructure Damage
Himachal Trending Now – Aug 29, 2025
🌧️ Heavy rains disrupt 524 roads & 1,230 electricity transformers
🚧 Flash floods render 416 water supply schemes non-functional
🍎 50,000 cartons of apples stranded between Kullu & Mandi
⚖️ New bill to protect public utilities introduced
🏞️ Hill destinations like Dharamsala & Spiti remain inaccessible
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Heavy rains have disrupted 524 roads, including two national highways, and damaged 1,230 electricity transformers.
Flash floods and landslides have rendered 416 water supply schemes non-functional.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is working on restoring damaged roads, with a focus on 850 km of four-lane roads across the state.
🚧 Infrastructure Challenges and Protests
Residents of Nangal in Punjab staged a protest against Himachal Pradesh’s entry tax on Punjab-registered vehicles, blocking the Nangal-Dharamshala highway for over 30 minutes.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania chaired a meeting with NHAI and the Ministry of Transport to discuss the restoration of damaged highways.
🍎 Agricultural Concerns Amidst Natural Calamities
50,000 cartons of apples are stranded between Kullu and Mandi due to a damaged road, risking spoilage.
Flooding and landslides have disrupted the supply of petrol, diesel, milk, vegetables, and newspapers in Kullu.
⚖️ Legislative Developments
The Himachal Pradesh government introduced the Prohibition of Change of Public Utilities Bill, 2025, aiming to protect public utilities from encroachment and unauthorized changes.
🏞️ Tourism Advisory
Popular hill destinations like Dharamsala, McLeodganj, Chamba, Spiti, and Lahaul remain inaccessible due to extreme weather conditions, including flash floods and landslides.
