Rains LIVE: Heavy rains cause floods in Dehradun’s Sahastradhara; two missing

The recently constructed Kotranka-Khawas road, spanning 32 km in Rajouri district, has suffered severe damage due to persistent heavy rainfall and landslides in the region for the past two weeks.

The road, completed in the 2023-24 period, serves as a vital connection between Kotranka sub-division and Khawas tehsil. 

However, for the past 15 days, the route has remained completely disconnected, creating widespread distress among local residents. The disruption has significantly affected daily life. Students are unable to go to school, and transporting the sick to medical facilities has become extremely difficult, according to locals. Many villagers are being forced to walk 15 to 20 km on foot to access essential services.

- ANI

Heavy overnight rains pounded Himachal Pradesh, triggering floods and landslides that left three members of a family dead and submerged a bus stand in Mandi.

The three were killed when a house collapsed following a landslide in Boi panchayat in Nehri area of Sundernagar subdivision in Mandi district.

Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, Apoorv Devgan told PTI that three bodies have been recovered while two persons have been rescued, Officials said the rains led to floods in Son and Bharand drains in Dharampur in Mandi district, resulting in flooding of a bus stand, damaging a workshop, pump houses, shops and over 20 buses.

- PTI

Hyderabad is likely to experience light to moderate rainfall on Tuesday, according to a forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

In its impact-based forecast released on Tuesday morning, the IMD said the city would remain under generally cloudy skies, with rain or thundershowers accompanied by gusty winds expected during the day. Mist or hazy conditions are very likely to prevail in the morning and night hours, the forecast said.

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Heavy rains on Monday night (September 15, 2025) caused floods in Dehradun’s Sahastradhara area, damaging roads and requiring the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to carry out rescue operations to help those left stranded.

Two people were reported missing after floods hit the Uttarakhand district. The SDRF had to rescue over 100 people, including students of Devbhoomi institute.

Disaster Management Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman said damage have been reported from Sahastradhara and Mal Devta in Dehradun, and also from Mussoorie.