Shimla, Aug. 2 -- Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called on the Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav at New Delhi this evening.
He apprised the Union Minister about the losses incurred by the state due to recent cloud bursts and heavy rains and added that heavy losses occurred to buildings and infrastructure, roads, bridges, water supply schemes, residential properties besides losses to precious human lives during the current monsoons.
Sukhu urged the Union Minister to allow the allocation of one bigha land for the rehabilitation of disaster-affected families, who have rendered homeless and landless.
With 68 percent of the state under forest cover, he emphasized the need to relax forest ...