Rain strikes Himachal Pradesh, again

A car damaged by fallen trees after a landslide at Kanlog, in Shimla, on Wednesday. Pics/PTI

Heavy overnight rain triggered landslides in Himachal Pradesh, claiming two lives and blocking over 200 more roads besides damaging some houses, officials said on Wednesday. A migrant and his wife were found dead in their makeshift house in Baldeyan area of Shimla district, a cop said. The toll in rain-related incidents in Shimla district in the past 10 days has increased to 26.

Locals remove fallen trees and muck that damaged houses at Kotla, in Kangra district

The Congress demanded that the Union government announce a special package of Rs 10,000-crore for Himachal Pradesh and declare the devastation caused by rain as a ‘national disaster'. So far, 330 people have died and 35 are missing, while 12,000 houses have been destroyed, said Congress leader Rajeev Shukla.

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