135 roads shut in Himachal; heavy rains on card from July 28

roads remain blocked across Himachal Pradesh due to landslides and flash-floods triggered by torrential rains.

India Meteorological Department (IMD), Shimla, issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur districts on July 28, followed by alerts in Una, Kangra, Sirmaur, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, and Chamba districts through July 31.

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu visited disaster-affected areas in Boh, Kangra district, and announced ₹7.5 lakh financial assistance for families whose houses were completely destroyed.

electricity distribution transformers and 38 water supply schemes remained disrupted across the state.