India, July 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah directed the formation of a multi-sectoral central team in view of the frequency and intensity of natural disasters in Himachal Pradesh.
In a recent meeting under the leadership of Union Home Minister it was observed that the state has witnessed an increase in the frequency and intensity of cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides and torrential rainfall, causing widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure, livelihoods and environmental degradation in the State. Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah immediately ordered to constitute a multi-sectoral Central Team comprising experts from National Disast...