Union Minister Anurag Thakur, on a visit to his native state, Himachal Pradesh, on Saturday, said the central government allotted Rs 862 crores to disaster relief fund for the hill state, which is reeling under the impact of cloud bursts and heavy rainfall.
Himachal Pradesh Congress on Saturday said that Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has set an example by donating Rs 51 lakh of his lifetime savings to the state disaster relief fund adding that he is a true philanthropist.
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Friday awarded 260 meritorious students of Classes 12 and 10 in a felicitation ceremony. He also announced Rs 5,000 for each of these meritorious students.
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.
While several invited Congress leaders, including sitting chief ministers, skipped the G20 dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu in the national capital, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Sukhu attended the event on Saturday evening.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu visited the Jaisinghpur and Sulah assembly segments of the Kangra district and reviewed the rehabilitation and relief operation followed by the monsoon havoc in the state, an official statement said on Wednesday.
Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee Baldev Thakur in a letter on Friday urged the state police to take strict action against rumours being spread about the ill health of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Regional Office Shimla on Tuesday presented a cheque of Rs 11.65 lakh to Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu for the disaster relief fund.
Himachal Pradesh governor Shiv Pratap Shukla has praised Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu government's efforts in tackling the situation caused by heavy rains and landslides in the state.