New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- The Union home ministry has set up inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs), each for Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand, to assess damage caused by heavy rainfall, floods, flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides. These central teams, constituted on the directions of Union home minister Amit Shah, will visit early next week the flood/landslide-affected districts and make on-the-spot assessment of the situation and relief works being carried out by the state governments, an official statement said on Sunday. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the central government stands shoulder to shoulder with the states affected by natural calamities in mitigating the hardships faced by the people, it said. The MHA is in touch with senior officials from the affected states/UT,it added. BRACE FOR MORE RAIN IN SEPT, P5...