Shimla, July 2 -- The southwest monsoon continued to lash Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, pushing the weather-related death toll to nine, while severely disrupting road connectivity, electricity supply and drinking water systems across several districts.

According to the latest State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) situation report, the cumulative damage to public infrastructure has been estimated at Rs.69.65 lakh.

The official bulletin stated that continuous rainfall between June 30 and July 2 triggered multiple incidents of landslides, flash floods and other rain-related hazards, resulting in 49 roads being blocked, 42 Distribution Transformers (DTRs) becoming non-functional, and 27 drinking water supply schemes being disrupted acros...