DEHRADUN: The Indo-Tibet Border Police
(ITBP) along with National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) and Border
Roads Organisation (BRO) on Monday intensified rescue and relief
operations in the disaster-hit areas of Uttarakhand.
The District Magistrate of Uttarkashi, the worst-hit region of the state, Rajesh Kumar revised the human toll of the natural calamity to 28. Speaking to reporters in Uttarkashi, Kumar said that four people presumed dead were in fact alive and had returned to their homes late on Sunday.
He added that apart from the 28 people declared dead, which include the 23 workers of the state-run UJVN's Assi Ganga Hydel Project, 11 others are missing while five are injured. The DM added that if the 11 missing are not traced by Tuesday, they may be included in the list of the dead.
A senior district officer in Uttarkashi said that the jawans of ITBP, NDRF, and BRO are also distributing food packets to people in the affected areas. He said that the collapse of the 140m-long pedestrian bridge on the Bhagirathi river, which connects both sides of Uttarkashi town and acts a lifeline to it, late on Sunday has virtually paralyzed the tourist town. "We are totally cut off from the other side of the river," a 68-year-old trader in Uttarkashi said.
The ITBP has started erecting a 'rope bridge' across the Bhagirathi to resume communication links in the rain-ravaged state. The paramilitary forces have brought a fresh contingent to build the bridge, while it has also started operating six medical camps in various flood and rain water affected areas.
The ITBP, which guards the Sino-Indian frontier, has deployed about 300 personnel for relief and rescue works in the state. Uttarakhand chief secretary Alok Kumar Jain said on Monday that on a directive from chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, senior district authorities in Uttarkashi have been asked to expedite payment of ex-gratia to the next of kin of those killed in the natural calamity.
Jain said that out of the Rs 20 crore sanctioned by the state government, Rs 3 lakh each will be given to the families of those killed apart from Rs 1 lakh each to rebuild their houses.
A senior IAS officer in Dehradun said that the Char Dham yatra routes continue to be blocked since Friday due to heavy landslides at different places.
The District Magistrate of Uttarkashi, the worst-hit region of the state, Rajesh Kumar revised the human toll of the natural calamity to 28. Speaking to reporters in Uttarkashi, Kumar said that four people presumed dead were in fact alive and had returned to their homes late on Sunday.
He added that apart from the 28 people declared dead, which include the 23 workers of the state-run UJVN's Assi Ganga Hydel Project, 11 others are missing while five are injured. The DM added that if the 11 missing are not traced by Tuesday, they may be included in the list of the dead.
A senior district officer in Uttarkashi said that the jawans of ITBP, NDRF, and BRO are also distributing food packets to people in the affected areas. He said that the collapse of the 140m-long pedestrian bridge on the Bhagirathi river, which connects both sides of Uttarkashi town and acts a lifeline to it, late on Sunday has virtually paralyzed the tourist town. "We are totally cut off from the other side of the river," a 68-year-old trader in Uttarkashi said.
The ITBP has started erecting a 'rope bridge' across the Bhagirathi to resume communication links in the rain-ravaged state. The paramilitary forces have brought a fresh contingent to build the bridge, while it has also started operating six medical camps in various flood and rain water affected areas.
The ITBP, which guards the Sino-Indian frontier, has deployed about 300 personnel for relief and rescue works in the state. Uttarakhand chief secretary Alok Kumar Jain said on Monday that on a directive from chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, senior district authorities in Uttarkashi have been asked to expedite payment of ex-gratia to the next of kin of those killed in the natural calamity.
Jain said that out of the Rs 20 crore sanctioned by the state government, Rs 3 lakh each will be given to the families of those killed apart from Rs 1 lakh each to rebuild their houses.
A senior IAS officer in Dehradun said that the Char Dham yatra routes continue to be blocked since Friday due to heavy landslides at different places.
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