Shimla, July 22 -- Heavy rains snatched 171 lives in Himachal Pradesh from April 1 to July 16,
as per the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The number of human fatalities is second only to Andhra Pradesh, where 258 people lost their lives
in the same period.
As per the information provided by the Himachal Pradesh government to the Centre, besides the loss of 171 lives, 23,818 cattle were lost- the highest in the country. The rains in the state have damaged a total of 1,528 houses.
Overall, 51,699 cattle were lost in the rains across the country, and HP's share was 46.1 percent.
The data was shared in reply to a question from MPs, Sudheer Gupta, Manish Jaiswal, Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane and Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, in the Lok Sabha today...