New Delhi:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday expressed sympathies to the people of Uttarakhand and said that the entire country is with them in the moment of crisis.
"Today is certainly a day of joy for us. But on this celebration of Independence we also feel pain in our hearts that our brothers and sisters in Uttarakhand had to face devastation about two months back," the prime minister said in his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the country's 67th Independence Day.
"Our deepest sympathies are with all the families that suffered loss of life or property. I want to assure the people of Uttarakhand today that the whole country stands with them in this moment of crisis," he said.