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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
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Rain wreaks havoc in U'khand; CM Dhami suspends Char Dham Yatra
Two labourers were killed, and seven others feared dead after a landslide, triggered by a cloudburst, struck their campsite near Silai Bend on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The incident took place at around 1 am, approximately 5 km ahead of Paligad in Barkot tehsil on the national highway. Twenty nine people were present at the campsite when the landslide struck. Of these, 20 were moved to safety. Two killed, seven feared dead after landslide triggered by cloudburst hits campsite in Uttarkashi The bodies of Duje Lal (55), a resident of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh; Keval Bisht (43), a resident of Nepal were recovered. 'Around 3 am, we were informed that a landslide struck a campsite of labourers involved in construction of a hotel. Of the 29 people at the campsite, 20 were rescued. Two bodies have been recovered, while seven are still missing,' Uttarkashi district magistrate (DM) Prashant Kumar Arya said. Rescue teams are searching for the missing people at a war footing, he said. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami asked officials to remain on alert mode for two monsoon months, and also suspended the Char Dham yatra for a day amid a heavy rain alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the state. Garhwal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey said the decision to halt the Char Dham yatra was taken in view of the safety of pilgrims amid heavy rainfall posing the risk of landslides. 'The district administrations have been put on alert and rescue and relief teams have been activated,' he said. He said the decision to resume the yatra will be taken upon reviewing the weather conditions and status of roads on Monday morning. The IMD has issued a red alert, forecasting 'Heavy to very Heavy rain/very intense to extremely intense spell of rain is likely to occur at few places in Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Pauri Garhwal, Haridwar, Nainital, Champawat and Udham Singh Nagar districts....' 'An orange alert has been issued for remaining districts for Monday. Landslides in hills, water level in rivers, streams, water logging in low lying areas can be reported. The people living in vulnerable areas should remain vigilant. If not necessary, travels should be avoided,' said IMD Dehradun director Bikram Singh. In Uttarkashi, overnight rains led to disruption of key routes, with both the Yamunotri and Gangotri national highways being affected. The Yamunotri national highway was blocked near Paligad, Kuthnaur, and Jhajjaragad. Similarly, the Gangotri national highway was blocked near Netala, Bishanpur, Laldhang, and Naluna, out of which the road strech near Bishanpur was opened after an effort of over two hours, said the district disaster management officials. Meanwhile, more than a dozen families of Chukum village of Ramnagar in Nainital district have shifted to safer places in the wake of floods. Jasi Ram, 55, a former village head of Chukum said, 'We have been facing flood problems for a long time. Villagers are demanding a concrete solution of the floods..'
Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Two killed, seven feared dead after landslide triggered by cloudburst hits campsite in Uttarkashi
Two labourers were killed, and seven others feared dead after a massive landslide, triggered by a cloudburst, struck their campsite near Silai Bend on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Two labourers died, seven feared dead after a landslide hit a campsite near Silai Bend on the Yamunotri Highway in Uttarkashi. (HT Photo ) The incident took place at around 1 am, approximately 5 kms ahead of Paligad in Barkot tehsil on the national highway. Twenty nine people were present at the campsite when the landslide struck. Of these, 20 were moved to safety. As the rescuers, involving personnel from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police, started a search and rescue operation, they recovered two bodies from the debris. The bodies of Duje Lal (55), a resident of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh; Keval Bisht (43), a resident of Nepal were recovered. Those still missing were identified as Roshan Chaudhary (37), Anveer Dhami (40), Kalluram Chaudhary (60), and Manish Dhami (32), residents of Nepal, and Jaychand alias Bobby (38), Chhotu (22), Priyansh (22), residents of Dehradun. 'Around 3 am, we were informed that a landslide struck a campsite of labourers involved in the construction of a hotel. Of the 29 people at the campsite, 20 were rescued. Two bodies have been recovered, while seven are still missing,' Uttarkashi district magistrate (DM) Prashant Kumar Arya said. Rescue teams are searching for the missing people at a war footing, he said. A part of the national highway was washed out due to the landslide. 'As per our assessment, around 10 metres of the national highway has been washed out. It will take some time for us to restore the traffic movement. The pilgrims undertaking the Char Dham yatra have been stopped at safe locations. Instructions have been issued to ensure availability of essential supplies for them,' he said, adding that the border roads organisation (BRO) and National Highway Authority have been directed to carry out the road restoration work. 'Five JCB machines, Poclain machines have been deployed to restore road connectivity,' he said. 'It is a new landslide zone. It was a safe spot..... No such incident was reported earlier there,' Arya said. He added that additional district magistrate Mukta Mishra and Barkot sub divisional magistratre (SDM) Brijesh Tiwari, were supervising rescue and relief operations. It came days after five people were buried under a landslide near 9 Kaichi Bhairav Temple on the Yamunotri trek route on June 23. Rescuers recovered two bodies from the debris and rescued an injured man on the same day. Two people are still missing. In a review meeting in Dehradun, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed the officials to expedite the search operation for the 'missing' labourers. He said, 'Out of 29 labourers, 20 have been rescued safely. The search operation by NDRF, SDRF and district administration is bodies have been recovered.'
