‘Our lives are set back 25 years’: In Himachal, a village loses everything to floods
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- With video inputs from Rohit Kumar and Gopal Thakur of Pandoh village.
On July 9 and 10, eight-foot waves of water crashed across Pandoh village, which lies on the banks of the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh. The furious torrent tore through a bridge and homes, carrying people and possessions along with it.
Pandoh’s 2,000-odd residents fled for their lives. Nearly a month later, they’re still struggling to pick up the pieces.
Kushminder Kaur, 72, said she’s never witnessed floods of this scale. “I came here after my wedding and have been living here for 50 years,” she said. “Never in my life have I seen such water and such destruction. Nothing could be saved. In just an hour or two, everything was ruined.”
The devastation after torrential rains in Himachal Pradesh this year left more than 100 dead. In Pandoh, flash floods took place after water was released from the nearby Pandoh dam on July 8 and 9, dramatically increasing the water levels in the Beas. Locals blame the Bhakra Beas Management Board for “suddenly” releasing the water.
“The employees had information given by the meteorological department. People should have been informed at the correct time. This was not done and the water was suddenly released,” said local journalist Balak Ram. “The warning was not given that there would be so much water it would enter people’s houses.”
But BBMB superintending engineer Ajay Pal Singh said workers had done their due diligence.
“People do not understand technicalities. No mismanagement occurred,” he said. “Pandoh is not a storage dam. We cannot keep water stored. Whatever water comes from upstream has to be released. Whatever water came went down. We had given full warning. Water cannot be stopped beyond a certain level.”
But couldn’t the water have been released continuously instead of at one go? Singh said, “The weather was unpredictable that day. The clouds burst in the upper regions. It isn’t that we knew four hours ahead that clouds would burst and water levels would rise. The water levels rose considerably within four hours. This was an unprecedented incident.”
Meanwhile, Gurudev Kumar Saini showed Newslaundry the remains of his shop, once a thriving business selling spare parts for heavy machinery.
“Everything drowned,” he said. “The shop had valuables worth Rs 25-30 lakh. Our lives have been set back by 20-25 years.”
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WHEN INJUSTICE REACHES TO IT'S HIGHTS THEN COMES THE JUSTICE FROM THE CREATOR ☝
I am from shimla and we are living in the new totu power house area since 1992. Back in 2020, The MC, under smart City decide to bring sewer lines in our area. These lines were constructed, and a chamber was eventually constructed in front of our house. There were open outlets in that chamber for future connection which leaked water in rains. We complained to our councillor but he did nothing. For 2 years in monsoon water came out of that chamber and soaked in soil and eventually a massive landslide occurred in front of our house in 2022. Our house was on the verge of collapse. All I am saying is they can't even construct a small chamber without curroption . The line had no slop,and chamber had no support. It was made on a fragile cement stand with soild on all sides. Himachal is paying the price for its ill planned smart cities development. Sadly, instead of these corrupted geniuses, the common man pays the price .
Bhai this is true.. I am from hiranagar and saw the same thing when sharog road was blocked due to negligence of government
Election aa rahe hain, shayad ye neta kuch kaam kar le. Video banana, saare milkar dikhana.
How tragic for beautiful Himachal. Pray the government provides reluef and funds for those affected to rebuild.
Friend, who is Government. It is we, ourselves and our future generations who have to save. Not the elected people who tends to rule us. It is our responsibility to save Himalayas
It is the fruit that has been ripe by greed. Don't play with nature, save our tradition. It is our real treasure
Bahut sach aur acchi baat ab bhi waqt hai hame sambhal jaana chaheye
@@nasirshaikh2036 right sir I am talking about this only
*भ्रष्टाचार + लालच + अतिक्रमण + कंक्रीट विकास के नाम पर विनाश = तबाही, हिमाचल निवासी ही ज़िम्मेदार*
Dusro ko dosh dena aasan he
Best news channel in all 🇮🇳
Upar wale ka kahar hai.
Eishwar warning de raha hai,, samay hai sambhal jaoo,,
भगवान मेरे ऊपर थबी रहम करेगा, जब मैं अपने फड़ोस पर रहम करूंगा। और विकास के नाम से environment damages । भुगत ना ही पड़ेगा।
No more hillside developments pls
BBMB has been taken over by Centre from Punjab and Haryana. The officers who have been appointed there have no ethical values. It can also be possible that HP has Congress govt and Punjab has AAP govt. Ek teer do nishaaney
Taken over ?....gawar ki aulaad jake bbmb ka stake dekh ke aa, 50 saal se vo centre ke pass hi hai....punjab harayana aur hp ka 10-12% hi hai bas
The nature has taken revenge over human greed
Nature told who is the boss
Uuff God😢😢
हृदयेश जोशी जी को देखकर अच्छा लगा
हृदेश जोशी जी आपकी रिपोर्टिंग लाजबाव होती, आप अपने पेशे से कितनी मोहब्बत करते हैं। जय भीम, नमो बुद्धाय सर।
what a wow
Aur vote Karo mere sheerko😂.. agli Baar kiske Sarkar??!!
Very sad
PAPI JAB TA RAHEGA DESH KA HAL BURA HO JAYEGA
Ya mahakal Ka ashirwad hai apna bhakto Ka liya wasabhi RSS wala aka aap logo Ka Ghar banahe daanga koi baat Nahi
Yr koi b news channel ni dikhaara ye sb.. sb bakwaas news aati aur news channel me.
JCB wala ko aaj tak sàmajh me nhi ayega uska excavator kaise pahad aur paryavaran ko ukhad ne me kaam aya.. sab chiz sirf business ke angle se samajhna ghatak hota hain
It will take years for these people to recover. Hopefully, progress can live with nature without such tragedies in future.
हिन्दुत्व को वोट देते रहोगे तो अभी और बहुत कुछ देखोगे ।
Congress government should compensat people
Bjp govt in power and congress should compensate?
That's like saying IL eat but someone else will clean the shit.
@@shelldie8523 it's called lack of general knowledge🤡 In Himachal Pradesh Congress is in power. It is their shit so they are responsible for cleaning this pile of shit 💩 which they created.
@@DannycageGhostrideryes, bjp should fix the mess they have created during their tenure.
@@Djeucbess this kind of things never happened during BJP rule. Congress is responsible for these now it is there time to compensate people otherwise they should prepare themselves to face the consequences
@@DannycageGhostrider so you are denying all the development done by bjp, when Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj himself said, they completed 159 projects which turns out were so unsustainable, that it only caused more landslides and destruction of property.
Muslimo ko hp se bahar karne ki baat kar rahe the
Uss khuda ke qahar ne tumko hi
Maazi me daal diya
Ye khuda ki kudrat hai
Jaisa boage waisa katoge
So why are 95% of Muslims killing eavch other, Blowing each other and Begging for Food and Jobs in other countries as Illegal Immigrants. You can include indian Muslims in this List, Since they also did not go to Pakistan and stayed back as Refugees.
Is that also your Khuda ka Chamtkar ?
Haan. Turkey main bhi dekhkhtha.
Bjps vision of development at its best one rainfall aaaaaaand it's gone.
और मंदिर बनाओ!
Its a Karma for doing unjust. Its a land of spirituality and if you are being unjust then obvious received instant Karma
May god bless everyone who is affected and let the people of the region have mercy on one another irrespective of one belief
Allha ke lathi m aawaz nahi hoti.
Aur karo hindu muslim.
Let's pray for humanity and help each other. Respect nature
@@roshangurung2287 never expected to see such a reply. You are a Holy Soul!
Let's pray for common sense instead and fking vote sensibly
Ya toh ye sabak hain... Ya phir se koi business inka dimag kharab kar lega
Musolmano ko bhagane Wale jalimo par Allah ki azabo kahar mit gaye nafrati poshu janwaro haywano bap ka raaj samajh rakkha yeh doniya kisiki jagir Nehi akele aaye akele Jana hai saytano ki khatma bahut jald insallah jalimo ko saja bhayanak milega jay bhim jai molnibasi 90% jay bharat bamcef jindabaad Jay jawan jai kisan
Bhai mein Manta hu Muslims ko nahi nikalna chahiye par kathmulle tu kaunsa Kam hai. Shyad tu Afghanistan, Syria aur Iraq bhul Gaya. Kaha Gaye the tere Allah? Iss dharam pe khelna band kar. Wahi Allah, wahi Ram, Tera Allah, mera ram, hota wahi jo Ram rachi rakha aur abhi toh aag humare Ghar mein hi lagi hai, fikar na karo, Allah bahut rehemdil hai, tere Ghar ko bhi jala dega
Aur Muslims ko satao