Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed gratitude to the Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for writing a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the calamity in Himachal as 'National Disaster' in wake of huge loss of life and property during
Seeing the situation, the district administration is on alert mode and they have deployed the teams at various places in the city for the safety of the citizens.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urging him to declare the natural calamity triggered due to the floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh as a National Disaster.
Industries minister Harshvardhan Chauhan, on Thursday said that the state has incurred losses exceeding Rs 12,000 crore primarily attributed to floods and heavy rains, adding that the industrial sector alone has suffered an estimated loss of over Rs 300 crore.
Speaking to ANI, one local said, "We are facing huge difficulty due to waterlogging. Vehicles are not able to move due to water congestion, we are locked inside our houses due to the waterlogging."
The Himachal LoP said that the AICC chief is visiting the state almost a month after the heavy rains and floods wreaked havoc there. He further claimed that she is "doing a photoshoot" in the flood and rain-hit areas just to take political benefit out of it.
Speaking to ANI, Senior Scientist of IMD Bhubaneswar Uma Shankar Das informed that the cyclonic circulation that was formed earlier is now over the northwest adjoining West-Central Bay of Bengal.
Over 5000 people are presumed dead after two dams collapsed in northeastern Libya due to severe rainfall, dumping more water into already flooded areas, reported Al Jazeera.