Shimla, July 8 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday evening visited the Dhalli and Bhatta Kufar areas of Shimla to assess the ongoing four-lane widening work being undertaken by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on the Shimla-Parwanoo highway.

His visit comes days after a five-storey building collapsed in the Bhatta Kufar area following heavy rainfall, with six other structures declared unsafe and evacuated by the district administration.

The Chief Minister interacted with the affected families and assured them of complete support from the government. "The government will bear the rent for those forced to move into rental accommodation. We will extend all possible assistance," Sukhu told ANI...