The stakeholders of the Tourism Industry in Himachal Pradesh have been facing financial hardships since tourism has been suspended in the hill state owing to heavy rains this year.
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Sunday visited the rain and flood-hit areas of Shimla district in the hill state.
Traffic movement on the Badrinath Highway was blocked as stones rolled off the hill near Baba Ashram Karnprayag in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials informed on Sunday.
The tourism industry in Himachal Pradesh has been badly hit due to heavy rains this year. The National Highway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj is severely damaged at several places.
Amid incessant rainfall, the residential area of Pathanpura was inundated after water was released from the Irai Dam in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district.
A part of Badrinath National Highway (NH-7) has been washed away due to the rise in the water level of the Lambagad drain owing to the heavy showers since late Friday night in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said on Saturday.
Residents of Udhampur are risking their lives, wading through a flooded Sloo nallah, after a crucial footbridge connecting more than five thousand people across three panchayats — Danwalt, Blandh, and Rang of Parli Dhar block in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district — collapsed
Amid heavy rains in Telangana, BJP state chief and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday said that the central government is ready to help the state in any relief operations.
"The Telangana Chief Minister has not reviewed the situation of the loss incurred to the people due to rains nor given a statement to build confidence in the people. They are immersed in planning election strategies," BJP National Vice President DK Aruna said.
A woman and her three children were killed in a house collapse in Mansehra. Meanwhile, a labourer was killed and two others were injured in a landslide in Mardan.