India, July 26 -- With the onset of the southwest monsoon in Himachal Pradesh, incidents of floods, cloudbursts and landslides have intensified. On July 24, a vehicle going from Kullu to Pangi was hit by rocks falling from a hill on the Sansari-Kilad-Thirot-Tandi road near Kadhu Nala in the Udaipur subdivision of Lahaul-Spiti district. In the accident, 13 people in the vehicle died on the spot, while two people were seriously injured. The dead include eight men, five women and a six-month-old infant.

Member of Legislative Assembly for Pangi-Bharmour, Janak Raj, said 11 of the deceased were from his constituency, while two were residents of Lahaul-Spiti district. He said treatment of the injured was underway and the district administratio...