Film personalities, together with CBFC chairperson-writer Prasoon Joshi, actors Dia Mirza, Shraddha Kapoor, and filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor on Sunday despatched out prayers for the security of individuals of Uttarakhand as a glacier broke off at Joshimath in Chamoli district, main to an enormous flood within the Dhauli Ganga river.
The flood triggered large-scale devastation within the higher reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas, with 50-100 labourers working on the Rishi Ganga energy venture lacking.
Shraddha Kapoor took to Twitter and wrote, “Distressing to hear about the glacier breaking off in #Uttarakhand. Praying everyone’s safety there.”
Mirza, who’s vocal about environmental points, mentioned man-made constructions within the Himalayas contributed to the tragedy.
“Building too many dams in the Himalayas has lead to this. Prayers for the people of Chamoli,” the Sanju actor wrote and shared helpline variety of the Disaster Operations Center.
Following the glacier burst, properties alongside the best way have been swept away because the waters rushed down the mountainsides in a raging torrent. There have been fears of injury in human settlements downstream. Many villages have been evacuated and folks taken to safer areas.
Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, whose Sushant Singh Rajput-led romantic-drama Kedarnath was set towards the backdrop of the 2013 Uttarakhand floods, prayed for the nicely being of individuals.
“Devastating news. May god watch over those in the path of this monster. Hari Om. #Uttarakhand #Chamoli,” the director mentioned.
Central Board of Film Certification chief Joshi mentioned he hopes Chamoli and different districts of Uttarakhand keep as protected from the glacier burst and “no lives are endangered.”
“Prayers and strength for the people, the authorities and rescue teams,” the 49-year-old screenwriter-lyricist wrote.
Producer Ronnie Screwvala mentioned the floods have been a horrifying show of nature’s fury and wrote concerning the “callous” method of individuals in direction of local weather change.
“Force of nature – saddened to see a disaster unfolding #Uttarakhand – except that with all our callous approach to climate change/ global warming – not sure we can call these “natural disasters” anymore!” he wrote.
Sonu Sood tweeted, “Uttarakhand we are with you.”
Several districts, together with Pauri, Tehri, Rudraprayag, Haridwar and Dehradun, are prone to be affected and have been placed on excessive alert.
