Himachal Pradesh suffered loss of ₹10,000 crore due to heavy rainfall, says CM; Top developments

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₹10,000 crores. It will take around 1 year for us to redevelop the infrastructure of the state." 1) More than 800 people have been evacuated from the low-lying areas of Himachal Pradesh's Kangra near the Pong Dam. 2) Due to heavy rainfall, all schools and colleges have been ordered shut in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday.

3) On Tuesday evening, one person was killed and five others were rescued after a building collapsed at Helang near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. 4) After two landslides in Shimla on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner Aditya Negi said that rescue operations were underway at two places where landslides recently took place — Summer Hill and Krishna Nagar. Till now 13 bodies have been recovered from Shiv Temple in the Summer Hill area, while one body and one severed head were found in Krishna Nagar.

5) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday airlifted 18 army soldiers in a single flight in Shimla. 6) On Tuesday, Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhu held a meeting with High Power Committee for natural disaster management. 7) As per official estimates, over 60 people have died in Himachal, while 52 people died due to rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand.