NDRF continues search and rescue operations in Shimla’s landslide-hit Summer Hill

On Friday, August 14, NDRF teams continued search and rescue efforts in the Shimla neighborhood of Summer Hill, which was affected by a landslide. Prior to this, NDRF reported on Thursday that a total of 13 bodies have been found, out of the 21 people who were reported missing following a significant landslide.

NDRF Inspector Nafees Khan said, “The rescue and search operation has been underway for 4 days. The Army, SDRF and the police are engaged in the ongoing rescue operations here. Of the 21 people missing, 13 bodies have been recovered so far.”

In the mishap, a family lost members spanning three generations in the mishap in which a temple in the Summer Hill area of rain-battered Shimla district was washed away following a landslide triggered by Monday’s cloudburst.
According to officials, seven members of the family, including three children were inside the Shiv temple when it collapsed.

Meanwhile, Vikramaditya Singh, the public works minister for Himachal Pradesh, announced on Thursday that the Central Government had authorized Rs 2643.01 crores for the improvement of 254 rural roads under Batch-1 of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-III).

The Minister has expressed gratitude to the Central Government and especially to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh and also thanked the Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu for constantly raising the issues of state interests before the Centre.