A technical team, which was tasked with assessing the cause and impact of floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, has attributed the calamities to overburdening of the surface and lack of controlled drainage in Shimla and other parts of the state.
Ten places on the Coonoor-Mettupalayam National Highway and the Kothagiri-Mettupalayam Highway in Nilgiris district, which were hit by landslides and mudslides, were cleared of debris on Friday.
Indian Railways on Wednesday suspended train services on the Nilgiri Mountain Rail Route (NMR) between Coonoor and Mettupalayam following heavy rainfall and landslides, that affected the century-old rail rout.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday distributed compensation of Rs 8.97 crore to 1162 families affected by the disaster caused by recent heavy rains and landslides in Bilaspur district under the 'Punrvaas' scheme.
Coming down heavily on the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Saturday claimed it claimed to provide relief to locals hit by the monsoon fury and the resultant landslides in the first two months of the calamity and were accusing the Centre of not r
The focus of the operations is towards restoring connectivity to North Sikkim through Chungthang, which was the worst affected during the devastating flood that occurred after the landslides, the Indian Army said in a statement.
A delegation of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industrial Association (BBNIA) led by its President Rajiv Aggarwal and General Secretary, Y S Guleria presented a cheque of Rs 2.02 crore to the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu towards 'Aapda Rahat Kosh' here on Thursday following the recent f
A top Army officer on Tuesday said unregulated and unplanned development and deforestation have made an adverse impact on the environment, leading to climate change, floods and landslides in recent times.