Dehra Dun, Aug 13 (PTI) Two more people were washed away
in flash floods in Almora district of Uttarakhand following
heavy rains taking the toll in various rain-related incidents
in the hill state to 55 this monsoon.
Two persons were washed away from Mohan area of Almora
district when the car in which they were travelling got caught
in flash floods while crossing the Bakrakot nallah last night.
Two others were also injured in the incident and they
have been admitted to a hospital in Ramnagar area, official
sources said. The deceased have been identified as Neeraj Pant
(33) and Abhay Tiwari, both residents of Haldwani area of
Nainital district.
With these two deaths, the number of those killed in
various rains-related incidents in the hill state have gone up
to 55 this monsoon, sources in the Disaster Management and
Mitigation Centre (DMMC) said.
Meanwhile, relief operations are continuing on a
war-footing in the floods-affected Uttarkashi district from
where a total of 160 stranded people have been airlifted from
different parts with the help of MI-157 helicopters, the
sources said.
The people were stranded after Uttarkashi-Gangotri
national highway was cut off due to heavy floods on August 4
that also killed nearly 28 people and rendered hundreds of
others homeless.
Nearly 545 persons are living in nine relief camps
besides several others have taken shelter in their relatives'
homes, the sources said.
A satellite phone has also been set up at Gajoli area for
better coordination of relief work, officials said.
He said the relief material and food packets are also
being dropped in the affected areas of the district. The
district administration is providing relief material like
food, kerosene and LPG gas to the affected people.
The national highways leading to the shrines of Gangotri
and Yamunotri are blocked due to landslides or flash floods
and the Uttarkashi district administration is trying hard to
establish the snapped road links by repairing roads and
building temporary bridges.
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