Uttarakhand: Police urge people to not venture near riverbanks

Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], August 21 (ANI): Uttarakhand police on Monday urged people to not venture near banks of rivers in view of the continuous heavy rainfall in the State.
Chamoli police took to microblogging site 'X', formerly known as Twitter, to state “Due to the rains in the mountains, the water level of the rivers has increased continuously, due to which frequent landslides are happening at the places along the banks of the river. Chamoli police request you to avoid such places and people living on the banks of the river should be alert.”
The official Twitter handle of Chamoli police also tweeted a video of a person falling into the river due to a landslide to warn people.

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पहाड़ों में हो रही बारिश के कारण नदियों का जलस्तर लगातार बढ़ा है। जिससे नदी किनारे वाले स्थानों पर लगातार भूस्खलन हो रहा है। चमोली पुलिस का आप से निवेदन है कि ऐसे स्थानों पर जानें से बचें व नदी किनारे रहने वाले लोग सतर्क रहे। pic.twitter.com/x7U6C39DLR

— Chamoli Police Uttarakhand (@chamolipolice) August 21, 2023

On Friday, the water level in the Pindar River in the Tharali area of Chamoli district surged following heavy rainfall in the state.
Heavy rains in Uttarakhand this monsoon have triggered landslides and flash floods in several places.
An official estimate earlier put the toll from rain-related incidents at 52 while another 37 people were injured. Heavy rains in Uttarakhand triggered landslides and flash floods in several places, officials said. (ANI)