Uttarakhand monsoon: Red alert for seven districts; relief teams on high alert
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.”
DEHRADUN: Sunday rains in Uttarakhand caused landslides that shut many routes, including the Badrinath national highway, officials said.
Due to severe rains, Uttarakhand has issued a three-day “red” alert for seven districts.
On July 17, the State Meteorological Centre issued a red alert for Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Champawat, Nainital, and Udham Singh Nagar. July 18 is a state-wide orange alert. On July 19, all districts have a yellow rain alert.
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.”
IRS disaster management designated officers and departmental nodal authorities must also stay alert.
SDRF Commandant Manikant Mishra informed this publication, “Additional forces of SDRF’s water police have been deployed at sensitive waterlogged places so that rescue can be done in a short time in case of any untoward incidents.”
The District Disaster Management Control Room Haridwar reported, “The situation in rural areas remains stable due to lack of more rain on Sunday.”
Debris and excess water falling into the Girthi Ganga river at Niti Ghati in Chamoli district’s Joshimath destroyed a bridge abutment on the Joshimath-Malari road.
“The platform of the Graf bridge on the Joshimath-Malari motorway has been damaged due to excessive water and debris in the Gruthi Ganga river, about eight kilometres from Malari to Sumna,” Joshimath SDM Kumkum Joshi told this publication.
The Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police were the only users of the vehicular bridge.
Haridwar flood-hit areas continued rescue and relief activities.
Officials claimed National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Army, and police are operating in Roorkee, Bhagwanpur, Laksar, and Haridwar tehsils.
These tehsils affected 3,756 families in 71 villages. They stated 81 families were sent to relief camps.
These floods killed five persons. Seven dwellings were destroyed and 201 partially damaged. They noted that severe rains in Haridwar damaged 17 roads and 9 bridges.
Officials claimed the Kali River in Pithoragarh district’s Dharchula has crossed the warning level of 889 metres, while several other rivers, including the Ganga, are close.
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