BJP
MP
Kangana
Ranaut
visited
her
rain-ravaged
constituency
of
Mandi
on
Sunday
and
feels
that
the
way
relief
work
is
being
undertaken,
the
Congress
will
not
return
to
power
in
the
state
in
even
20
years.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Kangana
Ranaut/X
‘I
am
deeply
pained
to
see
the
plight
of
the
people.
They
have
lost
family
members,
houses
have
been
washed
away,
several
people
are
still
missing.
But
we
can
only
console
the
families
who
have
lost
their
kin,
and
now
it
is
time
to
provide
relief,’
Kangana
said
in
Thunag,
one
of
the
many
places
struck
by
a
cloudburst
incident
on
Tuesday,
July
1,
2025.
Fourteen
people
have
died,
and
31
are
missing.
Cloudbursts,
flash
floods
and
landslides
have
caused
massive
destruction
in
the
area.
More
than
150
houses,
106
cattle
sheds,
31
vehicles
and
14
bridges
have
suffered
damage
in
the
disaster.
About
200
roads
have
been
rendered
out
of
bounds
for
traffic.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Kangana
Ranaut/X
‘The
relief
and
restoration
works
have
to
be
done
by
the
state
government.
As
an
MP,
I
can
only
apprise
the
prime
minister
and
the
home
minister
about
the
situation
and
seek
liberal
assistance,’
Kangana
said.
‘We
are
the
link
between
the
state
and
the
central
government,
instrumental
in
getting
projects
from
the
Centre
to
the
state
and
raising
issues
and
grievances
of
our
constituencies
with
the
centre,’
she
added.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Kangana
Ranaut/X
Her
visit
comes
in
the
wake
of
jibes
from
the
Congress
on
her
absence
from
her
Lok
Sabha
constituency.
Earlier,
when
he
was
asked
about
her
absence,
her
party
colleague
and
Leader
of
the
Opposition
Jairam
Thakur
said,
‘We
are
concerned
about
the
locals,
we
live
and
die
for
them.
I
cannot
comment
on
those
who
are
not.’
Ranaut
parried
the
Congress
charge
by
saying
that
an
MP
doesn’t
have
permission
to
allocate
funds
from
the
MP
Local
Area
Development
Fund
in
case
of
a
disaster
and
that
restoration
of
roads
and
other
infrastructure
are
a
remit
of
the
state
government.
‘It
is
heartbreaking
to
see
massive
flood
devastation
in
Himachal
almost
every
year
now.
I
tried
reaching
the
flood-affected
areas
in
Seraj
and
other
areas
in
Mandi,
but
was
advised
by
the
respected
Leader
of
Opposition
Jai
Ram
Thakur
to
wait
until
the
connectivity
to
the
affected
areas
is
restored,’
she
wrote
on
X
earlier.
Kangana
finally
reached
Mandi
on
Sunday.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Kangana
Ranaut/X
Kangana
posted
pictures
on
Twitter
to
show
the
world
the
kind
of
devastation
Mandi
is
experiencing
at
the
moment.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Kangana
Ranaut/X
Kangana
views
the
devastation
in
one
of
India’s
most
gorgeous
terrain.
Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff
