Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): While the administration is engaged in relief work after the natural disaster in Seraj assembly constituency of Mandi district, the social organisations and common people are also coming forward to provide relief material to the people in large numbers.

In the same sequence, relief material has been sent from the Bara zone of the Nadaun Assembly of Hamirpur district. The relief material was formally handed over to Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu in Thunag on Thursday.

The relief material includes five sacks of flour, 11 sacks of rice, one quintal of sugar, 60 kg gram dal, 60 kg maize, 45 liters of oil, 50 kg potatoes, 10 buckets, 10 mugs, 90 pairs of shoes and slippers, 3700 plates and glasses, pressure cookers, children's milk bottles, bath and laundry soap.

Retired SBI manager Sudarshan Jariyal, former vice-president Rajesh Kumar, 20-point programme members Kuldeep Kumar, Jeet Singh, Nikhil Kumar, Atul Patial and Balveer Singh handed over this material to the Chief Minister during his visit to Seraj today.

CM Sukhu thanked all the generous people for this spirit of cooperation and said that this is a symbol of sensitivity and unity in society. He said that this relief material will now be distributed to the disaster-affected families through the Deputy Commissioner of Mandi.

The displaced residents of Thunag in Mandi, where torrential rains and flash floods wreaked havoc, said they had never seen such flooding and recounted the horror they endured.

Thunag in Mandi district is severely affected by the torrential rains and flash floods on the night of June 30 and July 1.

'That day, there was such a storm that nothing remained standing. Livestock, our cattle, everything is gone,' a local resident told ANI.

'I had 100 goats and 4 cows, and all of them are gone. There is nothing there. Three houses are gone too...If you see the area there, you won't even feel that there were houses there...10 families lived there. Only our family survived. We are living on the upper reaches now and everyone is helping us but there is nothing left on the lower reaches...We had never seen such flooding,' he added.

CM Sukhu and Leader of the Opposition Jairam Thakur jointly inspected the Thunag market area on Wednesday, which was severely affected by flash floods during the recent cloudbursts in the Seraj assembly constituency.

According to an official press release, both leaders met with the people who suffered due to this natural calamity and assured them of every possible help.

While speaking to the media, the CM said that he will travel to Delhi to meet the Union Ministers and will strongly place the demand for a special relief package to rehabilitate and provide relief to the disaster-affected people. (ANI)