New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- During his visit to flood ravaged Himachal Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met families affected by the calamity. He expressed condolences and deep sorrow to those who lost their relatives.

A photograph of the prime minister holding 10-month-old Neetika, the lone survivor in her family, has also gone viral on the internet.

On Tuesday, PM Modi carried out an aerial survey of Himachal Pradesh's worst flood-hit regions - Mandi and Kullu - which have been devastated by floods, landslides and incessant rains.

Hailing from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district,10-month-old Neetika was orphaned after she lost her parents and grandmother in a cloudburst that struck the Talwara village on the intervening night of June 30...