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Water also entered the caves of Tapkeshwar, a famous Shiva temple on the banks of the Tons river

The railway authorities has declared the bridge unsafe and train service on the narrow-gauge track from Punjab’s Pathankot to Himachal Pradesh’s Jogindernagar has been suspended, officials added.

A cloudburst occurred around 2.15 am in Sarkhet village in the Raipur area, they said, adding a bridge over the Song river near Thano got washed away while the Kempty Falls, a popular tourist spot near Mussoorie, was also flowing dangerously. �� Cloudbursts in Uttarakhand Kills Four, 10 Missing, Swollen Rivers Wash Away Bridges.

A series of cloudbursts hit different parts of Uttarakhand early on Saturday killing four people while 10 went missing as rivers breached their banks and washed away bridges, officials said.

At least 31 people were killed, 22 of them in Himachal Pradesh alone, as heavy monsoon rain triggered flash floods, landslides, upending normal life across several parts of the country. Here are the top points.

DEHRADUN/NEW TEHRI, Aug 20: A series of cloudbursts hit different parts of Uttarakhand early on Saturday killing four people while 10 went missing as rivers breached their banks and washed away bridges, officials said. Torrential rains damaged two houses in Gwad village in Tehri district trapping seven people under the debris. Two bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, Tehri District Magistrate Saurabh Gaharwar said. In Kothar village, an elderly woman suffocated to death after gettin...

In Himachal Pradesh, at least 22 people killed and eight missing after landslides and other rain-related incidents in Mandi, Kangra and Chamba

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Tourist attractions in Mori - Duryodhana Temple,Icchhari dam, Jakhol, Netwar, Lunagad Creek

The Kishau dam, if built on the border of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, will displace 5,498 people and submerge 2,950 hectares of land.