Uttarakhand monsoon ‘mayhem’: Red alert issued for seven districts; reduction groups on excessive alert
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Express News Service
DEHRADUN: Rains lashed many locations in Uttarakhand on Sunday, triggering landslides that blocked a number of roads, together with the Badrinath nationwide freeway, officers stated.
Uttarakhand, which is dealing with a pure water catastrophe as a result of torrential and damaging rains, has issued a ‘purple’ alert throughout seven districts for the subsequent three days.
The State Meteorological Centre has issued a purple alert for Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Champawat, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar for July 17. At the identical time, there may be an orange alert throughout the state on July 18. Whereas, there’s a yellow alert of rain in all districts for July 19.
Meteorological Department Director Dr Bikram Singh instructed TNIE: “A red alert has been declared in view of the possibility of lightning with heavy rains and thunderstorms.”
Designated officers and departmental nodal officers of the IRS system of catastrophe administration have additionally been instructed to stay vigilant.
State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra instructed this newspaper, “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.”
According to info acquired from the District Disaster Management Control Room Haridwar, “The situation in rural areas remains stable due to lack of more rain on Sunday.”
The abutment of a bridge on the Joshimath-Malari street was broken as a result of particles and extra water flowing into the Girthi Ganga river at Niti Ghati in Chamoli district’s Joshimath.
“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 instructed this newspaper.
There was no motion of frequent folks on the stated motor bridge, which was solely utilized by the Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
Meanwhile, rescue and reduction operations continued in flood-hit areas in Haridwar.
National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Army and police are finishing up the operations in Roorkee, Bhagwanpur, Laksar and Haridwar tehsils, the officers stated.
In these tehsils, 3,756 households have been affected in 71 villages. Of these households, 81 have been shifted to reduction camps, they stated.
Five folks have died in these areas because of the floods. Seven homes have been fully broken and 201 suffered partial harm. Seventeen roads and 9 bridges have additionally been broken because of the heavy rains in Haridwar, they added.
The water degree within the Kali River in Pithoragarh district’s Dharchula has crossed the warning degree of 889 metres, whereas a number of different rivers, together with the Ganga, are flowing near the hazard mark, the officers stated.
At 70 mm, Kapkot acquired the utmost rainfall within the state within the final 24 hours, in response to the State Emergency Operation Centre.
Mussoorie acquired 61 mm of rainfall, Karnprayag 57 mm, Chamoli 54.4 mm, Nagthat 53 mm, Mohkampur 48 mm, Vikasnagar 41 mm and Uttarkashi 39 mm.
The officers stated 2,000-3,000 cusecs of water have been launched from the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project dam within the Pauri district because the Alaknanda River was flowing above the warning degree, the officers stated.
The State Emergency Operation Center has instructed the district magistrates of Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar to take mandatory precautions, they stated.
(With extra inputs from PTI)
DEHRADUN: Rains lashed many locations in Uttarakhand on Sunday, triggering landslides that blocked a number of roads, together with the Badrinath nationwide freeway, officers stated.
Uttarakhand, which is dealing with a pure water catastrophe as a result of torrential and damaging rains, has issued a ‘purple’ alert throughout seven districts for the subsequent three days.
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The State Meteorological Centre has issued a purple alert for Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Champawat, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar for July 17. At the identical time, there may be an orange alert throughout the state on July 18. Whereas, there’s a yellow alert of rain in all districts for July 19.
Meteorological Department Director Dr Bikram Singh instructed TNIE: “A red alert has been declared in view of the possibility of lightning with heavy rains and thunderstorms.”
Designated officers and departmental nodal officers of the IRS system of catastrophe administration have additionally been instructed to stay vigilant.
State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra instructed this newspaper, “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.”
According to info acquired from the District Disaster Management Control Room Haridwar, “The situation in rural areas remains stable due to lack of more rain on Sunday.”
The abutment of a bridge on the Joshimath-Malari street was broken as a result of particles and extra water flowing into the Girthi Ganga river at Niti Ghati in Chamoli district’s Joshimath.
“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 instructed this newspaper.
There was no motion of frequent folks on the stated motor bridge, which was solely utilized by the Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
Meanwhile, rescue and reduction operations continued in flood-hit areas in Haridwar.
National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Army and police are finishing up the operations in Roorkee, Bhagwanpur, Laksar and Haridwar tehsils, the officers stated.
In these tehsils, 3,756 households have been affected in 71 villages. Of these households, 81 have been shifted to reduction camps, they stated.
Five folks have died in these areas because of the floods. Seven homes have been fully broken and 201 suffered partial harm. Seventeen roads and 9 bridges have additionally been broken because of the heavy rains in Haridwar, they added.
The water degree within the Kali River in Pithoragarh district’s Dharchula has crossed the warning degree of 889 metres, whereas a number of different rivers, together with the Ganga, are flowing near the hazard mark, the officers stated.
At 70 mm, Kapkot acquired the utmost rainfall within the state within the final 24 hours, in response to the State Emergency Operation Centre.
Mussoorie acquired 61 mm of rainfall, Karnprayag 57 mm, Chamoli 54.4 mm, Nagthat 53 mm, Mohkampur 48 mm, Vikasnagar 41 mm and Uttarkashi 39 mm.
The officers stated 2,000-3,000 cusecs of water have been launched from the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project dam within the Pauri district because the Alaknanda River was flowing above the warning degree, the officers stated.
The State Emergency Operation Center has instructed the district magistrates of Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar to take mandatory precautions, they stated.
(With extra inputs from PTI)
