A rescue operation being carried out for the people stranded after a cloudburst, in Lahaul & Spiti district.
People come out of a helicopter after being airlifted following a cloudburst in Udaipur area of Lahaul-Spiti, in Manali.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) carry out rescue & relief operations in Himachal Pradesh that is witnessing flash floods and landslides due to heavy rainfall.
NDRF personnel during a search operation for the people missing after flash floods due to cloudburst 2 days ago, in Lahaul & Spiti district.
ITBP personnel during a search & rescue operation after a flood at Tozing nallah in Lahaul & Spiti. ITBP recovered 7 dead bodies from the area.
Army vehicles carrying Bofors artillery leave for Leh, on the Manali-Leh highway.
A washed away road following heavy rains, at Kyara Panchayat in Theog near Shimla.
A car buried under the debris after a landslide due to heavy rainfall, at Vikasnagar in Shimla/
Flash flood in Himachal Pradesh's remote Lahaul-Spiti district early Wednesday
Flash flood in Himachal Pradesh's remote Lahaul-Spiti district early Wednesday
Flash flood in Himachal Pradesh's remote Lahaul-Spiti district early Wednesday
Landslide in Shimla early Wednesday
Rescue operation at Lahaul spiti
Landslide in Shimla early Wednesday
Landslide in Shimla early Wednesday
A view of the blocked Pathankot-Manali highway after landslides at Nurpur.
People walk with umbrellas amid heavy rains at Ridge in Shimla.
ITBP personnel with the bodies of the people died after a landslide at Batseri of Sangla valley in Kinnaur district. 9 people died and 3 injured in the landslide.
ITBP personnel carry an injured after a landslide at Batseri of Sangla valley in Kinnaur district. 9 people died and 3 injured in the landslide.
A bridge collapsed after a landslide at Batseri of Sangla valley in Kinnaur district. 9 people died in the landslide.
One more medical student, 19-year-old Aman Kachroo, has been brutally killed in the name of "ragging". Who is to blame? What can be done? Shivam Vij cuts to the chase in kafila.org:
This was in an interim order of the [Supreme] Court in May 2007, nearly 2 years ago. That has not been able to prevent Kachroo’s murder. I have no doubt that more ragging deaths will take place. You can read here a critique of the interim order by me.
If only Aman Kachroo had been able to call a helpline number or email somebody, anonymously, and write that this kind of ragging was going on, and a fact-finding team had immediately visited his college, not only could the death have been prevented but also possibly Kachroo could have enjoyed his college life without even the mandatory ostracisation that freshers who speak up against ragging have to face in their college and hostel. The setting up of such a helpine on the model of Childline was one of the recommendations of the Raghavan committee. But can the Supreme Court set up something like that? Surely, that is the domain of the executive and not the judiciary. An HRD Joint Secretary is Member Secretary of the Raghavan Committee, but the HRD won’t do anything because, well, the SC is looking into it.
To model the helpline around Childline was suggested by HRD Joint Secretary Sunil Kumar himself, but that would need identifying and funding NGO’s to do that. The Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education is ready, but the HRD forgot about this and the SC had no comment.So two things needed to prevent ragging: a law and a helpline. Simple.
Read the full article here: Why Aman Kachroo’s Won’t Be The Last Ragging Death And What His Parents Should Do
