New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said the Centre has constituted a Multi-Sectoral Central Team (MSCT) to scientifically assess the increasing frequency and intensity of cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides and extreme rainfall events in Himachal Pradesh.

Responding to a question by BJP MP Rajeev Bharadwaj in the Lok Sabha, Rai said in a written reply that the team comprises experts from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore and other concerned agencies.

"In view of the increasing frequency and intensity of incidents of cloud...