Declare J&K devastation a national disaster: PCC chief Karra
Karra said that the Rs.209 crore allocation under the SDRF by the Central government is a routine grant but peanuts to the magnitude of losses and damage.
Karra said that the Rs.209 crore allocation under the SDRF by the Central government is a routine grant but peanuts to the magnitude of losses and damage.
The ongoing monsoon season in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 310 lives since June 20, with 158 deaths attributed to rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, electrocution, and other weather-triggered disasters, and 152 deaths caused by road accidents, according to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).
The tragedy in Kishtwar last week is a grim reminder that the Himalayan landscape, for all its beauty, is an increasingly fragile theatre for human life.
The back-to-back cloudbursts in Kishtwar and Kathua have jolted Jammu and Kashmir, sparking urgent calls from political and religious leaders for stronger environmental safeguards and an about-turn on reckless human interference with nature.
Unrelenting monsoon fury has pushed Himachal Pradesh into a state of crisis, paralysing road connectivity, power supply, and essential services across multiple districts.
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu conducted a three-day visit to Mandi district to assess the damage caused by heavy rains and cloudbursts.
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