Dehra Dun: Army
helicopters today continued to drop relief materials to flood affected
areas of Uttarkashi district amid reports that there was another cloud
burst in the remote Mori area of the district.
Army's MI-16 and MI-17 choppers are dropping relief materials in the
flood-affected areas, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna told reporters here.
He said the government was trying its best to provide succor to the
affected people in Uttarkashi district where 28 people were killed and
hundreds of others rendered homeless following heavy rains and
cloudbursts on Saturday.
The chief minister said
another cloudburst had occurred in Mori area of the district yesterday
but the district administration was still collecting reports about any
loss of life or property. A team has been sent to the area, officials
said.
Meanwhile, efforts were on to airlift stranded people from various
areas of the district. "Only handful of people have been left stranded
at different areas of the district," a top official said.
Though intermittent landslides were continuing in several areas of the
Garhwal region, the chief minister said Rishikesh-Badrinath highway has
been thrown open for traffic.
To a question whether the Chardham yatra would remain suspended
during the monsoon season, Bahuguna said, "If one highway is open,
another is blocked then where is the need to suspend Chardham yatra."
PTI
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