10 killed in flash floods J&K flash floods: 22
People rescued
Dehra Dun, Aug. 4: Ten people were killed and 38 others missing as incessant rains battered Uttarakhand on Saturday triggering landslides, cloud bursts and flash floods which flattened homes and stranded hundreds of pilgrims with the Chardham Yatra coming to a grinding halt.
The Garhwal region bore the brunt of the natural calamity.
The state government has sounded a high alert after the MET department’s warned of very heavy rains and sought the help of the army to mitigate the sufferings of the people.
Nineteen labourers of the state-run UJVN Ltds Assi Ganga hydel project went missing following a cloud burst in the upper hills of Uttarkashi district.
Similarly, 19 other people also went missing from Gangori, Dunda, Uttarkashi town and Barkot areas in the district.
“We have launched a manhunt to trace the missing people,” said R. Rajesh Kumar District Magistrate Uttarkashi.
Elsewhere in the state, 10 people were killed in different incidents following heavy rains during the past 24 hours, said sources in the Disaster Management and Mit-igation Centre (DMMC) here.
In the disaster-prone Uttarkashi district, flash floods hit several low-lying areas creating havoc there.
At least three jawans of the fire brigade department and two others were killed at Gangori area Twenty-two people trapped in flash floods in Kathua and Jammu districts on Saturday were safely rescued by police and locals, officials said. “After a three-hour-long operation, 22 people trapped in Kathua and Jammu have been safely rescued by police and locals,” an official said. Of the 22 people rescued, 15 were trapped in Kathua and seven in Jammu. even as Chardham yatra to Gangotri and Yamunotri remained suspended for the second day.
In Gangori area of Uttarkashi, Bhagirathi is flowing above the danger level with people being evacuated to safer areas as fast as possible.
— PTI