TIWN
New Delhi, Oct 20 (TIWN) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting Uttarakhand on Wednesday to review the relief and rescue work in wake of the heavy rain which hit the state badly.
According to officials of the Home Ministry, he will be going to Dehradun on Wednesday evening and will hold a series of meetings with state government officials. He will also make an aerial survey of the flood hit parts of the state on Thursday morning, the officials added. After reaching the state capital, the Home Minister will discuss the progress of ongoing relief operations with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and top officials and other central agencies. The state of Uttarakhand has been badly hit by the flash flood and landslides due to ongoingheavy rains since Sunday. So far over 40 persons have lost their lives due to floods or landslides. Many of them feared to be buried under debris.
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