Indian Army intensifies relief operations in disaster-hit areas of Himachal

The Indian Army has intensified its ongoing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in Himachal Pradesh by mobilising several resources following the cloudburst and landslides in Shimla and Mandi districts.

The Indian Army said on Saturday that, as part of the continuing HADR operations at flood-hit Samej, around 90 civilians



were moved and treated at the Army’s medical camp.

During the flood relief operations in the affected Samej village near Jhakri in the Rampur sub-division of Shimla district, an improvised footbridge has also been constructed for affected civilians and essential commodities, including food and medicines, are being provided to the affected civilians.