Rescue efforts intensified in HP to rescue 600 stranded

The IAF has deployed two helicopters, while the state is using the chief minister's official chopper.

Fourteen deaths have been reported so far in the tribal district of Kinnaur and over 150 houses have been damaged while 55 were partially damaged, besides a loss of over Rs 50 crore in agriculture and horticulture sector has been recorded, according to ...

Of the 1700-odd tourists including foreigners trapped in Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh, government helicopters on Wednesday managed to rescue only 76 people inviting criticism for tardy salvage operations. Himachal Pradesh deputy ...

relief and rescue operations in tribal district of Kinnaur were being undertaken on war-footing and it was being ensured that all the stranded people were evacuated as soon as possible, Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh S Roy said. He was ...

Around 500 people were stranded in rain-ravaged Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday even as 77 people were evacuated from Sangla, Rekong Peo and Kaza while four more bodies were recovered from Pooh, raising the death toll to 14 in the state.

SHIMLA: Three days after rain wreaked havoc in tribal Kinnaur district, the Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday evacuated as many as 110 tourists from Sangla Valley - a famous with both domestic and foreign tourists.Chief minister

A lethal combination of rain, snow and floods has ravaged the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. If heavy rain has triggered landslides and swept away buildings, roads and bridges, untimely snowfall has perished its world-famed apple crop. Kinnaur apple, ...

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