CPI(M) blamed the Centre for failing to deal with floods and landslides in northern India and demanded that the situation be declared a 'National Calamity'. "Relief and rehabilitation must be undertaken on...war footing," the party statement read. Notably, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan are reeling under the impact of disastrous situations.