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Flash floods triggered by rains disrupted road connectivity in some parts of Rampur subdivision of Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district as moderate rains continued to lash Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, officials said.

NEW DELHI: Schools remained closed in several districts across India today, July 9, after local administrations announced holidays in response to severe monsoon conditions. Authorities ordered the closures as heavy rainfall, waterlogging and landslide risks affected multiple regions, with decisions varying according to local weather conditions and safety assessments.

BENGALURU: Another devastating landslides in Kerala's Wayanad have once again exposed the fragile nature of the Western Ghats, sounding a loud alarm for Karnataka's ecologically sensitive districts where unchecked development and commercial tourism projects continue unabated.

Shorts News:Kerala CM VD Satheesan visits Wayanad landslide zone

The delayed arrival of the southwest monsoon has brought with it a fresh spell of landslides in the Western Ghats. While Wayanad in Kerala has already witnessed a debris slip that claimed three lives, heavy rainfall triggered a landslide near the KSRTC bus stand in Madikeri, Kodagu district. Earlier, three people died when a retaining wall slipped on a building at Garodi-Naguri in Mangaluru on July 1.

Public Works Minister PK Basheer has since confirmed that repeated directions were issued to remove the accumulated soil.

More than 100 schoolchildren from Bageshwar cross the Ramganga River on a manually operated trolley as a bridge washed away in the 2018 floods remains unrebuilt. | India News

MEPPADI: The landslip at the construction site of the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel road, whose alignment passes through areas listed as high landslide hazard zones by the KSDMA itself has confirmed the worst fears repeatedly voiced by environmentalists over the risks of tunnelling through one of Kerala's most fragile mountain ecosystems.

The three people who have been confirmed to have died in the incident are migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reviewed the situations in Maharashtra and Kerala during separate phone calls with chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and V D Satheesan, assuring both states of the Centre's full support, according to officials.