'Papa, will we also die, will our house too break?': Tale of destruction from Shimla

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Will we also die, will our house too break, papa, my six-year-old daughter asked as the horror of the devastating rains here hit home on Independence Day.. Our family had rushed out after hearing a deafening roar..

A couple of multi-storey houses, some makeshift homes and a slaughterhouse were buried under the rubble...

Two girls, studying in nursery and class 2 at her school, had died Monday when a landslip buried a Shiv temple in Summer Hill locality...

Shaken by the landslide, people in adjoining homes that were still standing too began to leave, carrying away whatever they could..

Cart Road, which encircles Shimla, is blocked due to two landslides, which it is feared might lead to the collapse of some endangered buildings..