Overview

• Search operations continue for 27 people still missing after cloudbursts and landslides struck Mandi district on June 30–July 1, killing at least 15.
• Jairam Thakur and Anurag Thakur distributed schoolbags and stationery at reopened schools under new safety advisories to support children’s return to class.
• More than 600 homes have been completely destroyed and over 1,000 rendered uninhabitable, while horticulture, agriculture and floriculture infrastructure suffered heavy losses.
• Leaders urged the government to waive Kisan Credit Card loans for affected farmers and reclassify partially damaged houses as fully destroyed to accelerate compensation and secure new plots.
• Anurag Thakur appealed for cross-party cooperation on relief and reconstruction efforts, noting that BJP volunteers have delivered multiple vehicle-loads of aid in response to perceived gaps in official supplies.