A damaged road due to flash flood after heavy rain at Sheela village near Dharamshala on July 13, 2021. PTI photo

National Disaster Response Force personnel distribute relief material to flood-affected people in a flooded locality in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on August 14, 2021. PTI photo

Rough sea in the Bay of Bengal ahead of Cyclone Yaas landfall at Digha in East Midnapore district, West Bengal, on May 25, 2021. PTI photo

A woman sits on a chair outside her house in a waterlogged area following heavy rainfall, in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, on November 19, 2021. PTI photo

Submerged cars are seen at a flooded hotel resort as extreme rainfall caused the Kosi River overflow at the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand on October 19, 2021. AP/PTI

An aerial view of the flood-hit Amta in Howrah district, West Bengal, on October 4, 2021. PTI photo

A truck carrying construction material moves on a flooded road near the Damodar River, in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand on August 12, 2021. PTI photo

Vehicles trapped in flood water due to heavy rain after a cloudburst, at Mcleodganj near Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, on July 12, 2021. PTI photo

A forest fire blazes in Shimla, Hiamchal Pradesh, on May 25, 2021. PTI photo

The sea breaches the boundaries of a house during cyclone Yaas landfall in Chandipur area of Balasore, Odisha, on May 26, 2021. PTI photo

A devotee reinstalls an idol of Lord Jagannath at a Cyclone Yaas affected area of Udaypur beach, near Digha in East Midnapore district, West Bengal, on May 27, 2021. PTI photo

A farmer inspects wheat crop affected due to rains and strong winds, at a village on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab, on March 22, 2021. PTI photo

Family members of the workers stuck inside the Tapovan Tunnel, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, on February 8, 2021. PTI photo

Damaged Tapovan hydel project tunnel, after a glacier burst in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, on February 11, 2021. PTI photo

A man carries his dog wades through a flooded road after heavy rains in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on October 16, 2021. PTI photo