Shimla, May 12 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Resilient Action for Development and Disaster Recovery- Himachal Pradesh (READY-HP).

He said that the total outlay of the project is Rs 2,687 crore and described it as a crucial initiative for strengthening disaster resilience in the state.

The Chief Minister, while referring to the increasing impact of natural calamities, said that the state witnessed 86 cloudbursts, 234 landslides and 121 flash floods between 2023 and 2025, resulting in a loss of above Rs 12,500 crore. He said that Himachal Pradesh is highly vulnerable to natural calamities as the state falls in the young and fragile Himalayan geological regio...