Rishikesh: River Ganga reached close to the danger mark on Wednesday in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand due to incessant rains across the state. The river touched the precarious water level at 338.05 meters after heavy rain lashed several parts of the state. As per reports from Indian Meteorological Department, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are expected during Jul 10-July 12 likely over Uttarakhand. IMD, a day earlier, had issued a warning of heavy rainfall for several districts in Uttarakhand from July 9 to July 13.

"Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur at isolated places especially in Nainital, Champawat, Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Tehri Garhwal & Dehradun Districts on July 9 and July 10, 2019," read a statement from the IMD. IMD also issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Tehri Garhwal, Chamoli, Pauri Garhwal, Dehradun and Haridwar districts for July 11 to 13.