Himachal rains: After landslides, fear grips Shimla; residents move to safe places

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More than 250 residents of landside-affected areas, including Krishna Nagar, Downdale, and Fagli, in Shimla have been relocated to safe places in the last three days..

NDRF inspector Nafees Khan said 16 bodies were recovered on Saturday and efforts are ongoing to find four more.APRescuers remove mud and debris as they search for people feared trapped after a landslide near a temple on the outskirts of Shimla..

In the aftermath of the massive landslides that occurred in various parts of Shimla, district administration authorities have started shifting residents of affected areas to safe locations...

Multiple teams of NDRF are also carrying out search and rescue operations in landslide-affected areas across the district...

After the massive landslide that struck the Summer Hill area of Shimla and the subsequent mishap in which a temple was washed away, locals and visitors worried that the calamity posed a threat to the iconic building of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS)...

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