Mandi Member Parliament Pratibha Singh on Sunday called on Montek Singh Ahluwalia, vice chairman Planning Commission and informed that losses of more than Rs 2800 crore were occurred to public and private property due to excessive and heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh during current monsoons.
She said that State Government had provided Rs 130 crore to the Deputy Commissioners and related Departments for repair of damaged infrastructure and for relief and rehabilitation work so that normalcy could be restored at the earliest.
Pratibha Singh said that till date 41 people lost their lives due to incessant rains. Pratibha Singh requested the Planning Commission to sanction the long pending developmental projects of the State and to provide liberal financial assistance to the state in various centrally sponsored schemes. She told the vice chairman of the Planning Commission that due to heavy floods, 4100 roads were damaged thereby causing a loss of Rs 1218.71 crore.
The crops worth Rs 200 crore on 20573 hectares land were also damaged, she added.