Himachal Pradesh flash floods: 4 days on, no trace of 44 missing persons | Shimla News – Times of India

Mandi deputy commissioner Apporv Devgan said two people were still missing in Terang.

KULLU: As many as 44 people are still missing after cloudbursts and flash floods in Kullu, Mandi and Shimla regions of Himachal Pradesh four days ago. Among the missing are 33 people from Samej village of Rampur sub-division in Shimla district. At the same time, two more bodies were recovered in Mandi’s Terang village, raising the rain-related deaths to nine – eight in Mandi and one in Kullu.
Mandi deputy commissioner Apporv Devgan said two people were still missing in Terang.”The search will continue till they are found. NDRF teams are being helped by sniffer dogs in the operation,” said Devgan.
In Samej on Sunday, the search teams combed more areas through debris left behind by the flash floods. Among the missing are villagers, employees of a hydro project and eight schoolchildren.
“Over 40 people in Kullu, Mandi and Shimla are still missing even after four days and chances of their survival looking minimal,” former CM Jai Ram Thakur said.