India’s monsoon season runs from June to September and is a boon for farmers who depend on the rains it brings to irrigate their crops.
Around 3,000 travellers from other parts of the country were stranded in the region due to the flooding.
Families are offered a monthly stipend, one-year maternity leave, 30 days paternity leave, payment of nannies’ salaries and increased salaries for civil servants.
Local police added that eight survivors were in critical condition.
The incident comes amid tension between the Asian giants after violent clashes at the borders in 2020.
