The water level in the Beas river has increased due to heavy rainfall in Mandi district. The Administration has deployed a police team and NDRF to handle the situation. Three persons are missing after a house collapsed early August 20 during a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Chamba district of the state.

“Many areas of Mandi received rain overnight; we started receiving calls of roads getting blocked & other related concerns since 1:30 am. Many individual incidents resolved. Police on the job, NDRF was contacted at around 2:30 am; their mobilisation done,” said the official.