Priyanka Gandhi wrote letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Urged PM to declare national disaster. Provide financial assistance. Himachal Shimla News | Financial help to Himachal; Demand to declare national disaster on the lines of Kedarnath tragedy

After returning from Himachal Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In this, he urged the Prime Minister to provide financial help to Himachal in this hour of disaster and demanded to declare a national disaster in Himachal on the lines of Kedarnath tragedy in 2013.

He said that natural disaster has caused huge devastation in Devbhoomi Himachal. The mountain people are facing an unprecedented crisis. Recently she met disaster victims in Shimla, Kullu, Manali and Mandi. It was very sad to see the devastation everywhere.

Letter written by Priyanka Gandhi to PM Modi, which is also going viral on social media.

428 people have lost their lives
So far 428 people have lost their lives in this disaster. There are many families whose entire members have left this world in this disaster. More than 16,000 domesticated cattle in the state have also become victims of this disaster. These include more than 10,000 poultry birds and more than 6,000 cows, buffaloes and other domestic animals.

More than 13,000 houses and buildings have been completely or partially damaged. Shimla to Parwanoo NH and Kullu-Manali-Leh highway have been completely damaged. There has been loss worth crores of rupees due to heavy rains in the state. The state government is making every possible effort at its level to deal with this devastation.

Small children are donating from piggy bank to relief fund: Priyanka
Priyanka Gandhi wrote that the people of Himachal have been seen facing the crisis shoulder to shoulder with the state government. People are restoring the roads by donating their labor. Small children are helping the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund by donating from their piggy banks. In the letter written to the PM, Priyanka further wrote that seeing this feeling of the people of the mountains, she decided to write the letter.