With the central disaster aid of ₹600 crore proving meagre for rebuilding an extensively damaged infrastructure and rehabilitating 3,000 families, Sukhu is now pulling out all the stops to convince the Centre to declare the state’s losses a national disaster and also give a special relief package.
The heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the past couple of days is the result of a fresh spell of Western Disturbance, the weather office has said.
Rainfall, floods batter North India: States such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi , Punjab, Haryana have been ravaged by incessant rains followed by floods, landslide