Shimla, July 6 -- The meteorological (MeT) department has issued a red alert for Sunday under which very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places in Kangra, Sirmaur and Mandi districts. Besides, an orange alert for heavy to very heavy showers has been issued for isolated places over Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Chamba, Solan, Shimla and Kullu districts. As many as 74 people have died while 37 are missing in rain-related incidents since June 20 across Himachal Pradesh, the State Emergency Operations Centre said. Besides, 238 roads are still shut. Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while interacting with mediapersons, said the state government is on alert to tackle any situation. "The situation in disaster-hit areas of Seraj assembly constituency in Mandi district caused by torrential rains was rapidly returning to normalcy. The state government will provide Rs.5,000 per month as rent to the families whose houses were damaged in the disaster," said the chief minister. He urged the people of Seraj area whose houses are safe to give their additional accommodation to the affected families on rent. Deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri has said that for the people in Seraj area, which has been completely cut off due to floods and landslides, travel and goods transportation by ropeway will be completely free for the next 7 to 10 days. Visiting the affected areas in Mandi, he said, "The ropeway has emerged as the only lifeline here." Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur, who was in Thunag, said that even after five days, the main roads have not been restored yet. "We will also take help from the Border Roads Organisation to restore the main roads," said Thakur. After facing backlash for her absence from Mandi constituency, BJP MP from Mandi Lok Sabha seat Kangana Ranaut is finally on her way to visit the affected areas that saw cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides recently. As many as 14 people have died while search is on for the 31 missing in Mandi. In a social media post, the actor-turned-politician said, "I will be visiting the affected areas soon. Please be rest assured I stand with Himachal Pradesh in every situation." The post came a day after the ruling Congress took a dig at the BJP over Kangana Ranaut's comment that she has not visited cloudburst affected areas of Mandi on the "advice of party leader Jai Ram Thakur". Union health minister JP Nadda, when asked about it, said, "There was no communication gap between the Centre and the state BJP leadership."...