According to information from the local police, around 10 people are feared trapped under debris caused by the sudden cloudburst. So far, two women and one child have been rescued in injured condition and have been rushed to nearby medical facilities for treatment.
The BJP leader said that the natural calamity had left behind a trail of destruction, and the challenges for both citizens and authorities remained immense.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said he is personally monitoring the situation following a cloudburst in Chamoli district that left at least 10 people missing and caused significant damage to houses in the region.
According to the district administration, the incident occurred in the Kuntri Lagafali ward of the Nandanagar region, where six residential structures were buried under debris following the cloudburst and intense rainfall.
Himachal Pradesh's Department of Environment and Climate Change has stressed the urgent need for climate-resilient development and infrastructure planning, warning that the Himalayan state faces growing risks from extreme rainfall, flash floods, landslides, and cloudburst events due to clima
The devastating monsoon in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 419 lives since the onset of monsoon (June 20) in the state, including 237 deaths in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts and drowning, and 182 fatalities in road accidents, the State Disaster Management
Himachal Pradesh continues to grapple with a battered infrastructure and mounting human losses as the relentless monsoon takes its toll. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Saturday reported that 574 roads remain blocked, 389 power transformers disrupted, and 333 drinking water
Authorities in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district have begun relocating families from Kalaban village after continuous landslides and land subsidence rendered the area unsafe. Around 700 people have been affected, while nearly 95 residential structures developed cracks following days of h
Sharma met the bereaved families, conveyed condolences and assured them of full support from the Centre and the administration led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. He said that the government is committed to ensuring relief and rehabilitation for those impacted by the cloudburst and the f
According to the SDMA's cumulative loss report for the period from June 20 to September 7, the disasters have also injured 426 people and left 41 missing. The toll from rain-related causes includes 42 deaths due to landslides, 34 from drowning, 17 from cloudbursts, 15 from electrocution, and
"I have been deeply anguished every time I have come to know about natural calamities during the monsoon this year. Cloudbursts in the hills and floods in the plains have taken a heavy toll, leaving death and destruction in their wake in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punj