Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh:
Around 1,200 tourists still remain stranded in Himachal Pradesh after last week's floods ravaged parts of the state and neighbouring Uttarakhand. 1,200 people have been rescued from Himachal's Kinnaur district so far; 20 people have died due to floods across the state.
The Kinnaur district has also seen massive damage due to the floods with power supply being cut off to large parts and many roads being washed away.
According to government estimates, the state has suffered losses to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore.
"We have managed to rescue about 1,200 people and around the same number are still stranded, since we can't get people in bulk on helicopters, the rescue operations are taking place at a slow pace.
Kinnaur had a number of hydel power plants which have all been completely destroyed, large areas are without electricity as the poles have been washed away, the roads by which we would get the poles are reinstate them are also gone," said Sudipto Roy, Himachal Pradesh's Chief Secretary.
People, waiting to be rescued in the district, say they are facing a harrowing time as there is no electricity and without charging their phones, they are not even being able to speak to their families.
"The biggest problem we had was that the local tehsildaars fooled us, in spite of our names being on the list on the first day, we were kept waiting and we were told our turn is yet to come, people who came later have all gone. Also, hotel owners are not willing to cooperate, there is no electricity, we are not being able to charge our phones, so we are not being able to inform our families," said a woman waiting to be airlifted.
Meanwhile, locals say, due to the devastation, they have lost everything.
"Our orchard was washed away, everything finished in a moment, what will we do? We have nowhere to go," said an elderly woman.
"We are in a very difficult situation, don't have anything left, all our belongings, food, ration, bed , clothes, everything is gone," said another elderly local.