Fluten in Himachal... mal wieder :-\

[AndreasW]

Am Wochenende deutete sich schon wieder Schlimmes an... :-/
http://trekkingforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57179&postcount=5

Die Landwege nach Kangra, Chamba, Kullu, Shimla, Kinnaur, Lahaul & Spiti sind mal wieder aufs heftigste blockiert! Ich erhoffe Lichtblick (http://trekkingforum.com/forum/member.php?u=1956) noch in Shimla in Sicherhei! Wenn auch vielleicht ohne Strom und Wasser! Regenschirme konnte sie am Sonntag wohl noch kaufen... ;) Edit: Nö... sie ist wohlbehalten schon in Reckong Peo! Schöne 60.Independence-day-Feier morgen... :up:
Rain fury: 19 more killed in HP
(http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070814/main3.htm)Shimla, August 13
The over century-old railway station at Koti on the Shimla-Kalka track was washed away in a cloud burst and 19 persons were killed at various places over the past 24 hours as rain havoc continued in the state for the second day today. With this, the death toll due to rain-related incidents over the past two days has risen to 30.

Koti railway station washed away (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070814/himachal.htm#1)
Shimla, August 13
The century-old railway station at Koti on the Shimla-Kalka track was washed away in a cloudburst while 19 persons were killed at various places over the past 24 hours as rain continued to play havoc in the state for the second day today. With this the death toll due to rain-related incidents over the past two days has risen to 30.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070814/hp4.jpg Vehicles stranded on the national highway following landslides between Sundernagar and Slapper on Monday. — Photo byMahesh Chander Sharma

Rain hits water, power supply in capital (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070814/himachal.htm#3)
Shimla, August 13
Heavy rain has thrown life out of gear as residents in the state capital had to go without water for the second consecutive day today. Power supply was also affected due to uprooted trees and huge landslides. Most parts of the capital went without water for the second day as there was no pumping due to excessive silt on account of heavy rain.

Heavy rains cut off Shimla's lifelines (http://news.google.de/news/url?sa=t&ct=in/3-0&fp=46c1ab57ad02508f&ei=hT_BRqm-JpC8oAOsxpm2Dw&url=http%3A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Heavy_rains_cut_off_Shimlas_lifelines_/articleshow/2279137.cms&cid=1119331069)
Times of India, India
"It will take some time to repair the road," a Himachal Pradesh transport official said. While nature unleashed its fury on habitation, perched on the ...

Trains on Kalka-Shimla line off for next 10 days
Shimla, Aug 14: The train services on the historic Kalka-Shimla railway line will remain suspended for at least 10 days as cloudbursts and landslides have damaged tracks on not less than 40 locations, a senior railway official said Tuesday.
"The 96-km Kalka-Shimla track has been damaged on not less than 40 locations and the damage continues due to rain and water flowing down from mountains,"
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=388808&sid=REG&sname=&news=Trains%20on%20Kalka-Shimla%20line%20off%20for%20next%2010%20days

Meine wohlwollenden Gedanken sind bei den betroffen Einheimischen und allen, die sich dort gerade auf den Weg gemacht haben! Paßt auf Euch auf!!!

AndreasW

[AndreasW]

Langsam funktioniert's an paar Stellen wieder...
Rain loss over Rs 1,000 crore
Major highways restored
Tribune News Service
Shimla, August 14
The death toll due to cloudbursts, flash floods and heavy rain reached 36 while the total loss to public and private property amounted to over Rs 1000 crore even as the hill state limped back to normalcy with the opening of major highways. The government has urged the Centre to immediately send a team to take stock of the situation and have an on-spot assessment of loss.

...While the Shimla-Kalka highway, Hindustan-Tibet Road and Shimla-Mandi roads have been opened to traffic, most of the interior roads in upper Shimla and parts of Mandi, Bilaspur and Solan districts were still blocked. There was no likelihood of resumption of rail services on the Shimla-Kalka section as the restoration of the rail track washed away in a cloudburst could take more than a month.

The movement of vehicles was resumed on the Hindustan-Tibet road this afternoon after more than 40 hours of blockade caused by a huge landslide near Matiana. However, the roads leading to interior villages in Chopal , Rohru, Niramnd, Kumarsein and Karsog remained blocked.
Mehr: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070815/main1.htm#2

Koti
Deluge subsides, fear stays
Geetanjali Gayatri
Tribune News Service
Koti, August 14
A gurgling seasonal rivulet merrily flowing down the mountain slope proved to be the nemesis of 104-year-old Koti railway station.
On the night of July 13, the rivulet running under the railway track, swelled with a gush of water following a cloudburst.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070815/him2.jpgA view of the damaged railway track at Koti following a cloudburst in the area.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070815/him1.jpgThe railway track hanging in the air.— Tribune photos by Karam Singh

The concrete structure supporting a stretch of the Kalka-Shimla railway track, laid in 1903, spanning the rivulet crumbled into the surging waters.
The trail of devastation that it left behind is evident. The damaged rail track dangles from one end of the rivulet to the other, uprooted trees litter the bed of the stream, a half-washed-away house stands alongside the station and lots of labour is “on the job” at Koti.
The nightmare has passed, but the fear of that night lingers on in the hearts and minds of the railway employees at the station. Panic reigned as nature unleashed its fury by way of a heavy downpour culminating into a cloudburst.
Mehr: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070815/himachal.htm#1

[Lichtblick]

Hallo an alle!
Wir sind mittlerweile in Kalpa, seit 3 Tagen schoenes Wetter! Heute morgen keine einzige Wolke!
So viel Regen soll es hier noch nie gegeben haben. Auch in Spiti muss es lt Einheimische sehr viel geregnet haben.
Die Strassen werden gerichtet - lt. Einheimische dauert es noch ein paar Tage - auch auf dem Weg nach Roghi gab es einen kleinen Bergrutsch Wir waren bei der Sprengung des riesen Steines live dabei;)
Morgen geht es nach Asrang und dann weiter nach Spiti!
Gruesse
Katharina

[AndreasW]

Na dann, viel Glück bei der "1. Deutschen Begehung" (nehm' ich mal an) des Larsa We! :up:
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=31.868957&lon=78.138542&z=13&l=5&m=a&v=2
Wir sind alle gespannt auf Euren Bericht!

AndreasW

PS. Ihr habt echt Glück gehabt auf Eurer Anreise nach Kinnaur! Heute habe ich diesen traurigen Bericht aus dem Dorf Ghanvi (auf der gegenüberliegenden Sutlejseite von Rampur) gelesen...
Identity of 28 missing established
Ghanvi: 5 bodies recovered
(http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070816/main3.htm)Ghanvi (Rampur), August 15

After toiling hard for all day today, rescue workers could extricate only five bodies from the mountain of debris brought down by the cloudburst which buried the sleepy village of Bhavi, near Ghanvi. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070816/main3.htm

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070816/ind3.jpgA bridge in Ghanvi village that collapsed following Tuesday’s flash floods.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070816/ind4.jpgA man consoles the relative of one of the victims. — Tribune photos by S. Chandan

[phacops]

Na dann, viel Glück bei der "1. Deutschen Begehung" (nehm' ich mal an) des Larsa We! :up:
...

Tja - leider konnte sich letztes Jahr mein Mittrekker nicht dazu durchringen, den mitzumachen :( :D - so gönnen wir die Erstbegehung natürlich Lichtblick.
Mir bleiben ja noch andere Treks...:cool:

phacops

[AndreasW]

Tja - leider konnte sich letztes Jahr mein Mittrekker nicht dazu durchringen, den mitzumachen :( :D - so gönnen wir die Erstbegehung natürlich Lichtblick.
Mir bleiben ja noch andere Treks...:cool:

phacops Sie haben letzte Woche den "Larsa We" auf abenteuerlichen Wegen geschafft... :up::up::up:
Freuen wir uns doch schon mal auf den Bericht!

Der beliebte "Kalka-Shimla Toy train" fährt auch wieder...
Railway traffic restored on Kalka-Shimla track (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070828/himachal.htm#4)

Solan, August 27
The railway officials finally managed to restore the traffic on the Kalka-Shimla track today with the starting of all scheduled trains.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070828/him3.jpg
The Shimla-Kalka train at Koti railway station on the first day of the repaired track on Monday. The track was washed away in this month due to heavy rain. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh