Governor flags off relief material for disaster-affected families in Kullu and Chamba
The relief consignment has been dispatched through the Himachal Pradesh State Red Cross Society to support the ongoing rehabilitation efforts in these regions.
The relief consignment has been dispatched through the Himachal Pradesh State Red Cross Society to support the ongoing rehabilitation efforts in these regions.
A government spokesperson said as the weather was clear after days of intermitted rains “it is expected that all the devotees will be evacuated safely and sent to their destination”.
As many as 3,187 Manimahesh pilgrims stranded on the Bhaderwah–Chamba road have been rescued by the Doda district administration, providing them a safe passage through Jammu and Kashmir.
The issue was raised earlier by Chamba Congress MLA Neeraj Nayar, Churah BJP MLA Dr Hans Raj and Dalhousie BJP MLA D S Thakur, who demanded urgent and large-scale measures to deal with the situation.
Many remote areas of Himachal Pradesh are reeling from the devastating impact of monsoon's unrelenting fury with villagers in Chamba’s remote Grounda panchayat, home to about 500 people, being forced to climb or descend a near-vertical slope with the help of ropes.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday dedicated a series of developmental projects worth crores of rupees to the residents of Pangi during his visit to the area in Chamba district.
The current wet spell across Jammu and Kashmir is due to a Western Disturbance which has reduced the rainfall deficiency by 15 percent.
The Delhi Police has apprehended a fraudster from Chamba in Himachal Pradesh on the charge of duping gullible people and extorting money from them after making their obscene videos, it said on Tuesday.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that Chamba would get the state's first Green Hydrogen Based Mobility Station to cost around Rs 14 crore.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two cases for misappropriation of depositors’ money worth Rs 35.26 lakh in two Chamba post offices in Himachal Pradesh.
