Last year, between July 9 and 11, the Kullu Valley in the North Western Himalayas, became an epicentre to torrential rains causing unprecedented flash floods in glacier-fed Beas river, landslides, house collapses and heavy fatalities—the worst calamity in ecologically fragile mountain region. More than 500 deaths were reported, 2,546 houses and 317 shops completely damaged. The government estimated a loss of Rs 10,000 crores.