Dharamshala, July 11 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during his two-day visit to the disaster-affected areas of Mandi asked the officials to coordinate closely with leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur to accelerate relief efforts in Seraj area of district. Sukhu held a meeting evening with Jai Ram on Wednesday evening at the Thunag Rest House to review the damage and progress of relief and rescue operations in the Seraj region. Sukhu and Jai Ram also discussed the issue of resettlement of families who have lost their land in the devastation. He also announced an immediate relief amount of Rs.7 crore for the disaster affected areas on Thursday. While Rs.2 crore has already been released and an additional Rs.2 crore each would be given to the Public Works Department and the Jal Shakti Department, and Rs.1 crore would be provided to the block development office to expedite restoration work. Sukhu also visited Thunag, Bagsiad, Deji, Bara and Sainj villages and reviewed the damage caused by recent cloudbursts and assured the victims of all possible support from the state government. He also visited disaster-affected villages of Baga, Sainj and Panglyur in Nachan assembly constituency. The CM reviewed the extent of destruction in these villages and enquired about the loss of life and property. Sukhu instructed that residential complexes that were still filled with silt or rocks or those deemed unsafe for living should be declared completely damaged so that maximum compensation could be provided. Sukhu gave special instructions to assess losses suffered by horticulturists and apple growers. The state cabinet will soon discuss and announce a special relief package for all those who have been affected due to this disaster. While in Bara, the CM said that the government was considering bringing a one-time settlement policy for resettling disaster-affected families. Since 68% of land in Himachal was forest land, permission from the central government would be sought for rehabilitating the people on forest land. The IMD on Thursday sounded an alert of low to moderate flashflood risk in Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla and Sirmaur districts of Himachal Pradesh for 24 hours. On July 11, a yellow alert of heavy rainfall has been issued for isolated places in Mandi, Shimla and Sirmaur districts....