New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Summary Himachal Pradesh faces severe monsoon challenges, with 184 lives lost and Rs 1,714 crore in damages due to heavy rains.

The Supreme Court's warning highlights administrative negligence and climate change indifference.

Mandi, Kullu, and Una districts are worst hit, with cloudbursts and landslides causing widespread devastation. Experts link the disasters to rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns.

"If things proceed, the way they are as on date, then the day is not far when the entire State of HP may vanish in thin air from the map of the Country." This harsh comment of the Supreme Court has once again exposed not only the administrative negligence and unplanned development work on the increasing ...