NEW DELHI: Monsoon downpour in India’s northern states has taken at least 38 lives, triggering landslides that stranded hundreds of people in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and left several areas in Punjab, Haryana and Jammu flooded.
On Monday, Indian Air Force helicopters carried out rescue operations in Jammu and Karnal districts, even as the administration was on alert in parts of Haryana and Punjab.
Although the rainfall subsided across the region on Monday, rivers in several parts of the region were in spate. The water level rose above the danger mark in Haridwar and Delhi, and the level at Bhakra dam was a foot above the permissible mark.
Three more people were reported dead in Himachal Pradesh, where heavy rains over the weekend have caused floods and landslides, increasing the toll to 25. In neighboring Uttarakhand, the toll climbed to 12, with recovery of two more bodies.
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