Amit Shah conducts aerial survey of rain-lashed areas of U'khand, state govt pegs damage at Rs 7,000 cr

Union Home Minister Amit Shah conducted an aerial survey of the rain-ravaged areas of Uttarakhand on Thursday to assess the damage, which the state government has estimated to be Rs 7,000 crore.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday conducted an aerial survey of rain-ravaged areas of Uttarakhand to assess the damage which the state government has pegged at Rs 7,000 crore.

Talking to reporters at the Jollygrant airport here after returning from the survey of affected areas in Kumaon region, Shah said that alertness of the central and state government agencies had helped contain the damage.