CM Sukhu also requested PM Modi for immediate financial assistance from the central government for relief and restoration operations to bring back normalcy in the state, according to an official statement by Himachal Pradesh Government.
Vikramaditya Singh expressed gratitude to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for assuring Rs 400 crore package for flood-hit Kullu district restoration during his recent visit to the state.
Nearly 200 rain related-deaths were reported and 31 people went missing during the past 41 days since the onset of the monsoon in Himachal Pradesh, the state disaster management authority said.
"The landslide occurred at nearly 10 am, and people were in the building. Three cars were damaged, and windows were also broken. In total, nearly 50 people were in the building, and all are safe. We have vacated the building due to threat perception," stated Rewa Shankar, the manager of K
The tourism industry in Shimla faces a devastating blow as the Kalka-Shimla four-lane National Highway 5 in Solan district gets washed away in a landslide.
The Chandiagrh-Shimla Highway (NH 05) has been temporarily closed at Chakki Mod in the Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh due to a landslide, informed the Solan Police Department through a tweet.
The Himachal Pradesh Government has ordered the appointment and promotion of several officials in different departments on the recommendations of the Department Promotion Committee.
A case has been registered for unscientific construction and violating the norms to build the road which caused landslides, flood and killed so many people during the heavy rains in the state. Tikender said that this was criminal negligence as norms have been violated and it had adversely af
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.
Addressing the media in Shimla, Ravi Thakur said, "During the former BJP government, Town and Country Planning (TCP) rules were implemented in six panchayats of the tribal district of Lahaul Spiti, but the local public are against it."