Since June 29, following the onset of the southwest monsoon, torrential rain in Himachal Pradesh, which triggered several incidents of cloud burst, flash floods and landslips, has claimed the 278 human lives and 587 heads of livestock so far. Losses due to destruction and damage of property, including roads, bridges, and vehicles in landslips and debris, are estimated at about ₹2,000 crore.
To assess the damage, an inter-Ministerial team from Central government visited the State from August 28 to 30. Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary R.D. Dhiman on Tuesday said it was for the first time that a high level inter-Ministerial team from the Centre had visited the State in the mid-monsoon season itself on special request of the State government.
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