Summer Hill Shimla

Shimla has witnessed several landslides in the past weeks with the toll in rain-related incidents in the district in the past 10 days rising to 26, which include 17 deaths in Summer Hill landslide, five in Fagli and two in Krishna Nagar.

As many as 17 bodies have been recovered so far after the tragic landslide in the Summer Hill area of the rain-battered Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on August 14, the official said on Sunday.

"Will we also die, will our house too break, papa," my six-year-old daughter asked as the horror of the devastating rains in Shimla hit home on Independence Day.

At Shimla's Summer Hill, a section of railway tracks hangs in the air after the earth under it was swept away during the deluge in Himachal Pradesh over the past few days.

A family lost members spanning three generations after the temple in the Summer Hill area of rain-battered Shimla district was washed away following a landslide triggered by Monday's cloudburst.

A massive landslide was reported in Shimla's Summer Hill area on Wednesday, an official said.

Two and a half-year-old Vedansh was playing with a plastic doll at his home in Khalini locality in Shimla on June 30 when a monkey bit him.

For generations during scorching Indian summers, tourists have been flocking to Shimla - a hill station retreat with charming colonial architecture and views of snow-capped Himalayan peaks.

A thunderstorm on Tuesday lashed Shimla and its surrounding areas while several places in the mid and lower hills of Himachal Pradesh witnessed scattered rains, bringing much-needed relief from the scorching summer heat.

Jay, an environmentalist, came to the Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla for work and to get away from the sweltering Delhi summer but what he found was a far cry from the famed hill station solitude.

Mercury continued to rise across the hills of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, with temperatures recorded one to seven degrees Celsius above the season's average.

The Queen of the Hills and Una in Himachal Pradesh experienced the hottest day of the season so far on Thursday with the mercury touching 32.4 and 44.8 degree Celsius.

Shimla has witnessed several landslides in the past weeks with the toll in rain-related incidents in the district in the past 10 days rising to 26, which include 17 deaths in Summer Hill landslide, five in Fagli and two in Krishna Nagar.

As many as 17 bodies have been recovered so far after the tragic landslide in the Summer Hill area of the rain-battered Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on August 14, the official said on Sunday.

"Will we also die, will our house too break, papa," my six-year-old daughter asked as the horror of the devastating rains in Shimla hit home on Independence Day.

At Shimla's Summer Hill, a section of railway tracks hangs in the air after the earth under it was swept away during the deluge in Himachal Pradesh over the past few days.

A family lost members spanning three generations after the temple in the Summer Hill area of rain-battered Shimla district was washed away following a landslide triggered by Monday's cloudburst.

A massive landslide was reported in Shimla's Summer Hill area on Wednesday, an official said.

Two and a half-year-old Vedansh was playing with a plastic doll at his home in Khalini locality in Shimla on June 30 when a monkey bit him.

For generations during scorching Indian summers, tourists have been flocking to Shimla - a hill station retreat with charming colonial architecture and views of snow-capped Himalayan peaks.

A thunderstorm on Tuesday lashed Shimla and its surrounding areas while several places in the mid and lower hills of Himachal Pradesh witnessed scattered rains, bringing much-needed relief from the scorching summer heat.

Jay, an environmentalist, came to the Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla for work and to get away from the sweltering Delhi summer but what he found was a far cry from the famed hill station solitude.

Mercury continued to rise across the hills of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, with temperatures recorded one to seven degrees Celsius above the season's average.

The Queen of the Hills and Una in Himachal Pradesh experienced the hottest day of the season so far on Thursday with the mercury touching 32.4 and 44.8 degree Celsius.