President Droupadi Murmu has commended the spirit of those involved in the rescue and relief operations during natural calamities across the country.

In a social media post, the President said, she is deeply anguished every time she comes to know about natural calamities during the monsoon this year. She said that cloudbursts in the hills and floods in the plains have taken a heavy toll, leaving death and destruction in their wake in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Assam and many other parts of the country. She said that the nation shares the sorrow of the people affected by calamities and is with them in this crisis. She added that together the nation will overcome this challenge.