Central government is serious about natural disasters in Himachal, special team formed for assessment:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the formation of a central team to assess the situation in the wake of natural disasters in Himachal Pradesh. In a recent meeting chaired by Shah, it was observed that there has been an increase in cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides and torrential rains in Himachal Pradesh, an official release said.

This has caused massive loss of life and property, damage to infrastructure and livelihoods in the state. It said Shah ordered the formation of a multi-sectoral central team of experts from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) Roorkee, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore to assess the situation.

It said that in view of the flash floods and landslides during the southwest monsoon in various parts of Himachal Pradesh this year, the Central government has already deployed an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) to make on-the-spot assessment of the damage without waiting for the memorandum from the state. The IMCT is visiting the affected areas of the state from July 18 to 21.