“Situation is very painful…” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi after visiting flood-hit areas of HP

Sep 13, 2023

Shimla (HP), September 13 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on September 13 paid a visit to the flood-hit areas of Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla including the Shiv Temple at Summer Hill and met with the flood-affected victims. The area was hit by a massive landslide on August 14, which claimed at least 19 lives.During her visit, she said, "The situation is very painful. People have suffered a great loss. We said yesterday too that everyone has to face this together...If the Centre declares this a national disaster, it will help the state a lot...Pratibha Singh mentioned yesterday that she would like to take it up in the Parliament. We don't know what this special session will be about or whether they will allow these issues to come up. But we were discussing that even if that doesn't happen, representation should go to the Central Govt and we will all put our strength in that and try to convince them that they must declare it a national disaster..."