Overview

• Modi focused on cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides affecting Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, with flooding also impacting Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
• He said central and state agencies are coordinating as the NDRF continues rescues with thousands of personnel deployed and significant damage to roads and bridges reported.
• Authorities warned that swollen rivers and saturated hillsides could trigger additional landslides in the coming weeks.
• The address announced Pratibha Setu, a UPSC-linked portal hosting a databank of over 10,000 candidates to help private companies hire those who cleared stages but missed the final merit list.
• Modi praised security forces and highlighted the use of thermal cameras, life detectors, sniffer dogs and drones in operations, and he urged festival shoppers to choose Indian-made goods under “Vocal for Local.”