New Delhi, July 23 -- Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest loss of lives due to intense monsoon rainfall between April 1 and July 16 this year with 258 persons killed; followed by 171 deaths in Himachal Pradesh, 148 deaths in Madhya Pradesh and 101 in Bihar, Ministry of Home Affairs has informed Lok Sabha. Himachal Pradesh also recorded a loss of 23818 cattle and 1528 homes. In Madhya Pradesh also there were 325 cattle deaths and 986 homes damaged. Assam recorded the highest damage to cropped area covering 29714.89 ha. "An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) has been constituted for Himachal Pradesh, without waiting for the memorandum, to visit the affected areas of the State for assessment of damages caused by the flash flood/ floods, cloudburst and landslides," the response said. Nityanand Rai, minister of state for home was responding to questions by BJP MPs Sudheer Gupta, Manish Jaiswal, Shiv Sena MPs Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane and Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan Patil on 1. whether some parts of the country have witnessed early and intense monsoon rainfall recently leading to heavy loss of property and human life....