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Himachal Pradesh rains: Himachal Pradesh have been witnessing havoc triggering landslides, causing power disruption, blocking roads, and damaging bridges amid heavy rain..
The National Highway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj is severely damaged in several places, news agency ANI has reported..
Meanwhile, the monsoon has so far claimed 187 lives since its onset on June 24 in Himachal Pradesh, the State Disaster Management Authority said on Saturday...
There is over ninety per cent downfall here." . -The tourism industry was recovering after the COVID-19 pandemic and recorded one crore six thousand tourist footfalls in the first half of 2023, but the havoc wreaked by heavy rains and floods during the month of July resulted in negligible tourist footfall and thousands of bookings were cancelled..
-With Himachal Pradesh's hotel occupancy rate at almost zero per cent after the recent monsoon fury, the hotel association has announced a 50 per cent discount on room tariffs to woo back tourists and a minister said it was "safe" to travel to the state now...
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