Team surveys flood-hit areas
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15/12/2006
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Tribune (New Delhi)
Believe it or not but it is a fact that a Central team accompanied by senior officials of the state government, including Secretaries of the PWD and Revenue surveyed the flood-affected areas of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh on Thursday after five months. The team, which arrived here by a helicopter, hurriedly visited the flood-hit areas of Rajpura, Palyoor and the Bhuri Singh power house which were badly damaged by floods in July this year.Later, the team had an interaction with the Deputy Commissioner of Chamba, Mr Pushpendra Rajput, and other officers and reviewed the flood damages. The team gathered information from the Public Works, Development, Agriculture, Irrigation and Public Health Departments about the losses caused due to flashfloods and cloudbursts in July.