One die and five other sustain injuries in separate mishap in Shimla District
One person died and five other sustained injuries in separate mishap occurredin the district in the last 24 hrs , Police sources confirmed.
In a major mishap occurred at 1100 hrs this morning a trader’s Apple store collapsed as the building cave in at Rouni Matina in the district.
Deputy Commissioner Shimla Mr Aditya Negi said that one building collapsed this morning being used bya trader to store the apple boxes at Matiana about 55 km from here. Five persons who were inside thestore sustained injuries.
One person died in a road accident at Jeori near Rampur of Simla district last night at 2300 hrs. Mr Negi said that a vehicle driven by the victim fell down in deep gorge at Jeori.
The deceased was identified as Prem Singh (58 yrs) resident of Rarang Tehsil Murang of district Kinnuar of Himachal .
Monsoon rainfall took a heavy toll of life as till Monday state recorded as many as 406 death(64 in Shimla district)due to rainy season including 203 (43 in Shimla district) in the road mishaps.
State recorded 54 deaths in the landslides, 53 in falling of buildings and falling of victims from the height 33 due to drowning, 17 due to snake bites, 10 due to cloudbursts and flood . State recorded cumulative loss of Rs 1054.80 Cr in the Monsoon Season.
