One person was killed while over 12 others were injured after a roadways bus plunged off a bridge into a ditch in the Kakori area in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow, on Thursday.
The report reveals a total of 380 fatalities, with 215 deaths attributed to rain-related incidents and 165 from road accidents. The monsoon has caused widespread destruction, with cumulative public property losses estimated at Rs 4,30,676.05 lakh (Rs 4,306.76 crore).
The incident took place around 10:10 AM when the bus, carrying around 22 passengers and travelling from Ghuttu-Ghansali to Haridwar, lost control on a sharp curve about 12 km ahead of Chamba, hit a crash barrier and overturned, as per officials.
The victim, identified as Madhavi from Kulai, was riding her scooter towards Kuntikana around 8:30 AM on Tuesday. Her scooter hit a large pothole on the highway near the Royal Oak building in Kuloor, causing her to fall.
The devastating monsoon in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 370 lives since June 20, including 205 deaths in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, lightning strikes, and other weather-triggered accidents, and 165 fatalities in road accidents, the State Disaster Manag
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According to the SDMA's cumulative loss report for the period from June 20 to September 7, the disasters have also injured 426 people and left 41 missing. The toll from rain-related causes includes 42 deaths due to landslides, 34 from drowning, 17 from cloudbursts, 15 from electrocution, and
Since June 20, the hill state has witnessed widespread destruction. A total of Rs 4,08,097.49 lakh of losses have been reported, covering damage to public and private property, crops, livestock, and infrastructure.
At least three police officers, including Unhel police station in-charge Ashok Sharma, sub-inspector Ninama, and constable Aarti Pal, died after their car fell into the Shipra River while responding to a missing girl report. Aarti Pal was driving when the vehicle lost balance, said an offici