Of the total fatalities, Dehradun district alone reported 13 and Nainital and Pithoragarh districts one each. Sixteen people are reported missing in different parts of the state capital, the Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority said
Several houses, hotels damaged in floods and landslides. PIC/PTI
Cloudbursts and heavy rains overnight left a trail of destruction in Uttarakhand’s capital Dehradun and several other parts of the state on Tuesday as swollen rivers washed away buildings, roads and bridges, leaving 15 people dead, 16 missing, and 900 stranded in different locations in the hill state.
Of the total fatalities, Dehradun district alone reported 13 and Nainital and Pithoragarh districts one each. Sixteen people are reported missing in different parts of the state capital, the Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority said.
Three people were also injured in the incidents, it said, adding that they are under treatment. Search for the missing continued amid inclement weather while NDRF, SDRF and fire brigade personnel brought most of the stranded people to safety, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) here said.
It said that 900 people stranded in different locations were rescued by the SDRF, NDRF and Fire Brigade personnel. Roads were breached, and several bridges were washed away in Dehradun district.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami (in grey) inspects disaster-affected areas. PIC/PTI
With the swollen rivers flowing over the roads, evacuating people to safety was a huge challenge. Videos shared on social media showed SDRF personnel helping stranded people wade through the violent currents of flooded rivers in which vehicles, including cars and trucks, were left stuck.
About 400-500 students trapped due to waterlogging at the Devbhoomi Institute campus in Paundha area of Dehradun were rescued by an SDRF team, said Banshidhar Tiwari, Director General, Information
CM reviews situation
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, accompanied by local MLAs and officials, visited the rain-affected areas of Dehradun district on Tuesday to review the situation. Interacting with reporters, he said, “All rivers are in spate following heavy rains. Roads have been breached at 25 to 30 places. Approach roads are cut off. Houses and government properties have been damaged.” “The state government stands with every affected family. The administration is already on alert mode, and the NDRF, SDRF, police and local administration are active,” he said.
Dhami briefs PM
The chief minister’s office, in a social media post in Hindi, said CM Dhami has briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the situation in Uttarakhand following heavy showers.
Three killed in Himachal landslide
Heavy overnight rains triggered massive landslides and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, leaving three members of a family dead and submerging a bus stand in Mandi district. A house collapsed following a landslide in Bragta village in Mandi, leaving two women and a child dead.
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