landslides kill 5 in HP, shah visits flood-hit areas in Jammu
shimla/Jammu, Sept. 2 -- Five people, including a 35-year-old man and his daughter, were killed in the past 24 hours in separate incidents of landslides in Himachal Pradesh as heavy rain pounded several places in the state, officials said on Monday.
In J&K, Union home minister Amit Shah took stock of the flood situation and relief efforts.
In the worst-hit Shimla district that recorded 122.8 mm of rainfall since Sunday evening, the administration has decided to close all educational institutions on Tuesday in view of warning of heavy rains. Six trains plying on the Shimla-Kalka track were cancelled on Monday following landslips, while a total of 1,281 roads, including four national highways, are closed in the state.
Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday informed the state assembly that with the recovery of four more bodies from Kugti between Hadsar and Manimahesh Lake, the number of devotees killed during the Manimahesh Yatra since its start on August 15 has risen to 16.
"The Narendra Modi government is committed to ensuring the rehabilitation of those affected by recent floods in J&K," Shah said as he undertook took a whirlwind tour of a worst-hit areas in Jammu Shah visited Manguchak village near the Jammu airport and was accompanied by LG Manoj Sinha, chief minister Omar Abdullah. P2...
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