Uttarakhand cloudburst: 4 soldiers, 3 civilians missing in Mangta Nala; Kailash Mansarovar Yatra route affected

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Uttarakhand: Four soldiers and three civilians are reportedly missing after a cloudburst hit the Mangta Nala region of Uttarakhand on Monday.

According to ANI, three bodies have also been recovered in Malpa.

The vehicular movement on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra route has been affected due to the floods and landslide caused by the cloudburst.

Two bridges were damaged in Mangti and one in Simkhola districts of Uttarakhand. 

The cloudburst has surged the water level in the river Kali which is now flowing above the danger level.

On Sunday, at least 46 people died in a tragic incident in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, where more than 150 meters of road collapsed.

Many houses, two buses and a number of vehicles were buried in the debris.

A spokesman of the government said that 46 bodies were recovered in the rescue operation throughout the day and five injured were saved in this incident in Himachal. 

The National Disaster Response Force, its state unit and other government agencies are currently engaged in the relief and rescue operation in the affected region.   

With ANI inputs