Overview
- Successive cloudbursts and flash floods since June 20 have claimed 74 lives and left 37 people missing
- The India Meteorological Department forecasts very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Mandi, Kangra and Sirmaur districts
- NDRF, SDRF, army, ITBP and local teams are concentrating search-and-rescue operations in Mandi where over 200 roads remain blocked
- BJP MP Kangana Ranaut and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu toured worst-hit Thunag and Karsog to assess damage and pledge support to affected families
- The government announced ₹5,000 monthly rent assistance for displaced residents and is fast-tracking road and water-scheme restoration via offline tenders