Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has reached Chandigarh Airport as she is on her way to Himachal Pradesh to meet the people and victims of recent floods and landslides in the state.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been blocked following landslides at Kishtwari, Pather and Banihal, said Jammu and Kashmir traffic police on Tuesday.
Calling his views "unscientific' and "insensitive" and "drive to influence" students, Shad asked the professor to offer an immediate unconditional apology to the people of Himachal Pradesh.
Reliance Industries Limited has contributed an amount of Rs 25 crore in the Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in view of the destruction caused by the heavy rainfall, floods and landslides in the state.
Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mukesh Agnihotri has said that due to floods triggered by incessant rains, the Himachal Pradesh Road and Transport Corporation (HRTC) has suffered over Rs 50 crore loss.
Pathania expressed hope of a fruitful session to bring a new development map of the state post widespread destruction by floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday visited the Sujanpur Constituency of Hamirpur district and inspected the damages caused by the unprecedented rains and landslides and took stock of relief and rehabilitation works.
The restoration has started on the Kalka-Shimla heritage railway line in Summer Hill which was damaged on August 14th due to floods, landslides and heavy rainfall.
Following incessant rainfall that led to floods and landslides, dengue has spread massively in Haridwar, where the number of dengue patients currently stands at 103.
The Himachal Pradesh committee of the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) has demanded that the state government should convene an all-party meeting to prepare a blueprint of the loss due to rains and landslides which will be submitted to the Union government so that the calamity is