At least 27 people have been killed and seven injured across Nepal in natural disasters, including floods, landslides, inundation, strong winds and lightning triggered by incessant rainfall across Nepal since September 24 till Monday evening, Nepal’s Prime Minister’s Office said.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the apex court’s intervention in the rising occurrences of landslides, flash floods, and ecological degradation in Himalayan states. “We have seen an unprecedented disaster on account of heavy rains and floods in the States of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.