SHIMLA, Himachal Pradesh, July 15 -- The Department of Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh issued the following press release:
Meets Union Home Minister, demands more funds for disaster restoration
Seeks 30% hike in relief norms, and policy reforms for relief aid
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday and apprised him that Himachal Pradesh had suffered damages amounting to around Rs. 1000 crore due to flash floods and cloudbursts, even as the monsoon had just begun. He informed that precious lives had been lost and key infrastructure including roads, bridges, buildings, irrigation schemes, water supply schemes and electricity supply systems had been severely a...