The horrific incident of temple collapse reported from Shimla on Monday has claimed at least 13 lives so far, taking the total to 60 in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.Meanwhile, heart wrenching image came where a family has lost members spanning three generations in the temple mishap at Summer Hill area of rain-battered Shimla district was washed away following a landslide triggered by Mondays cloudburst.According to officials, 7 members of a family, which includes 3 children were inside the Shiv temple when the incident happened. The deceased were identified as Pawan Sharma, Santosh, Aman, Archna and three granddaughters.Since the rescue by the State Disaster Response Force is still on, they have recovered the bodies of the five family members, while the remaining two are still missing.Heres how the family members of kin said:Sunita Sharma, a distressed relative said, “I have just one request, find them and bring them to us. We will accept them dead or alive. We have been waiting for three days.”Sunedhi, the sister of one of the missing persons expressed grief and said, “We dont know what God did to us.”Vinod, the brother of one of the missing persons said, “The administration should make such areas safe, have some kind of system in place to ensure that the water recedes immediately.”A neighbour Mehar Singh H Verma said, “We performed the last rites of four of the members yesterday. They lost their three generations.”State has suffered loss over ₹10,000 crore: CM SukhuAmid rising rain-related incidents in Himachal, the chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday conducted an aerial survey of Fatehpur and Indora in Kangra district to assess losses due to calamity. According to CM Sukhu, the death toll in the state has risen to over 60 and state has suffered loss of at least ₹10,000, which will take another year to rebuilt infrastructure and overcome everything.Earlier on Wednesday, the chief minister said that over 800 people had been evacuated from low-lying areas of Kangra near Pong Dam in the Beas river as their villages became inaccessible due to the elevated water level in the dam reservoir.
