Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena presided over a high level meeting to assess the current situation in the flood-affected areas of the state and the ongoing relief and rehabilitation works with concerned administrative Secretaries, Deputy Commissioners and officers of the stakeholder departments. He said that heavy rains and flash flood had affected several parts of the state which triggered landslides and disrupted normal life in many districts of the state.
The work of relief and restoration work in disaster affected areas were going on war footing so that normalcy could be restored as soon as possible to give relief to the people. He said that the all the people stranded in Manimahesh in Chamba district have been evacuated.
In the meeting, the Chief Secretary took stock of the situation from the Deputy Commissioners of the flood-affected districts virtually and asked about the assistance they need. He directed stakeholder departments to take appropriate action for restoration of essential services like roads, water, electricity, telephone supply at the earliest.
Additional Chief Secretary Kamlesh Kumar Pant, Secretary Public Works Abhishek Jain, Secretary Education Rakesh Kanwar, Director-cum-Special Secretary, Revenue-Disaster Management DC Rana, Deputy Commissioners of different districts and officers of different stakeholder departments were also present in the meeting.