Uttarakhand

As a precautionary measure, the administration and police have ordered cancellation of all bookings of resorts and hotels till August 31.

In the last 5 days, Khoh River and Behera Spring have caused havoc in Kotdwar and surrounding areas. As many as 19 buildings were damaged in Kashirampur Talla and Bahera rivulet due to the rains.

Restrictions have been imposed on movement in the village and villagers have been removed and shifted to a school in a nearby village with their belongings.

GOPESHWAR: Widening cracks in subsidence-hit Joshimath during the monsoon prompted authorities to shift five families to relief camps. Admitting that land-subsidence in areas declared unsafe earlier this year seems to have been aggravated…

A first-year MBBS student at a medical college named Swati Jain was climbing a rock when she slipped and fell into a spring. She was shooting photos at the time of her accident.

After taking stock of the situation, a high-level team directed the local administration to remove the temporary kiosks and stalls built there, after which 30 shops were removed.

With the land unusually submerged, cracks between houses are widening, posing a threat to residents of 25 buildings in Bamtad Khat in Kalsi tehsil of Khamrauli village.

Rain falls in Uttarakhand, and the IMD forecasts that there will be substantial rainfall; three construction workers are swept away as a bridge collapses. The administration has made sure that the villages who have been temporarily…

Heavy rains and cloudbursts in the Uttarkashi region of Uttarakhand have caused damage to roads and homes. They added that some of the cottages at a tourist resort in Gangnani in the Barkot tehsil were destroyed as a result of debris from a…

Chamoli tragedy, All 11 injured were flown to AIIMS, and 1661 people have been electrocuted in the state since it was formed. Traders across the district, including Gopeshwar, Pipalkoti, Joshimath, Karnprayag and Gochar, kept their…

On Monday morning, two young girls were taking a swim in the holy river Ganga in the vicinity of the Dangaleshwar temple in the state of Uttarakhand when they tragically perished.

Relief teams on red alert for seven districts. Dr. Bikram Singh, Meteorological Department Director, told TNIE: "A red alert has been declared in view of the possibility of lightning with heavy rains and thunderstorms."

Haridwar District Disaster Management Officer Meera Rawat mentioned that 209 buildings had been damaged in the floods and 10 roads are still closed in the district.

In the last five days, 19 people have died and 28 have been injured due to various reasons in rain-related disasters. The state government has ordered closure of all schools in the state till July 15.

"Since July 1, the state has received seven per cent more rainfall than normal," said State Meteorological Department Director Vikram Singh. This spell of weather is expected to continue till Friday.

"Keeping in view the situation, the Uttarakhand government has banned the entry of tourists in the mountainous region for the time being," said an official.

Locals expressed apprehension that the land subsidence might only worsen with the arrival of the monsoon.

The 56-year-old ex-serviceman identified as Shiv Singh Bisht was sitting on a one-day hunger strike with fellow ex-service personnel 

Vehicles queued up on both sides of the highway. There is a jam of about six kilometres here. Army personnel are also stuck in the jam. The highway could not be opened till late in the night.

Around 868 structures have developed cracks and 181 have been declared unsafe so far in the crisis-hit Joshimath.