Snow zones under govt watch: Rana

Our Correspondent

Hamirpur, January 18

Following bad weather conditions and regular warnings from the Meteorological Department, all sensitive areas have been put on alert and regular surveillance was being done.

This was stated by Rajinder Rana, Vice-Chairman of Himcahal Pradesh Disaster Management Authority, here today. He said Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had released Rs 25 crore to restore normalcy in the snow-bound areas. He said the people in the hilly regions were also put on alert about avalanches and were advised to move to safer places.

He said the forecast of the department had been useful in making preparedness for combating the disaster. Rana said over 300 roads were affected by heavy snow and most of these were opened with the help of government machinery while the help of private players was also taken.