Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday said that a total of 60,000 stranded tourists have been evacuated from the flood-affected areas.
The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Thursday rescued people stranded, due to waterlogging and flooding from incessant rainfall, in Laksar.
Meanwhile, thousands of vehicles stranded in different parts of Himachal are also en route to Chandigarh and over 2000 tourists from Kasol also have come downhill to safer locations.
"I chaired a meeting with all district magistrates and officials from the administration. I have instructed everyone to help people and to make sure those who're stranded because of the flood are getting food and other needy items, to clear roads quickly," he said while talking to the report
“Everybody in Kasol, including the foreigners, are safe. 40 foreigners contacted us, and there could be others in other parts of the state, but all are safe. All 14 Russians are safe, they have been brought down from Kasol, and Australians were also, and they were connected to their people i
The Opposition Leader said, “This rainfall has caused massive devastation. The entire state has suffered significant damage due to the floods. Many houses and shops have been completely submerged in various places. Even now, several areas of the state are entirely cut off. Roads and bridges
Himachal Pradesh PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday said that the situation in the state has improved significantly and the government is working round the clock to evacuate the stranded people from flood-hit areas.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday said that around 50 per cent of stranded tourists have been evacuated from the flood-hit regions and added that the government's priority is to safely evacuate tourists.
“We received info from the Russian Embassy that 15 Russian tourists are stranded in Kasol. We are trying to establish contact and once we will be able to contact the tourists, we will inform the Embassy about their well-being,” said Acting DGP, Satwant Atwal Trivedi.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukku said that partial connectivity of Manali to Chandigarh highway has been restored and over 2500 vehicles of stranded tourists were released from Kullu and Manali via Aut today. “I am personally stationed in Kullu tonight to oversee evacuation and