Amid the devastation caused by heavy rains and landslides in Dharali area of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has remained on ground zero for the past three days, closely monitoring the ongoing relief and rescue efforts.
Relief and rescue efforts continue in flood-hit Dharali and Harshil, where nearly 400 people were evacuated Wednesday and 75 more rescued so far today, with a target of 300. Uttarkashi DM Prashant Arya said one body has been recovered and 49 people remain missing.
The Indian Army, in close coordination with the Indian Air Force, SDRF, NDRF, ITBP, BRO, and civil administration, continues to lead large-scale rescue and relief efforts in the flood and landslide-affected region of Dharali and Harsil in Uttarakhand under Operation Dharali.
Search operations for the missing people are still ongoing in Dharali town in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, where flash floods triggered by torrential rain hit hotels and residential buildings on Tuesday, said an official.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday continued to oversee relief and rescue operations in the flash flood-affected Dharali-Harsil valley for the second consecutive day, following the devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has pledged his one month's salary to support ongoing disaster relief efforts in flood-hit areas of the state. Rescue operations led by the NDRF are underway in Uttarkashi's Dharali and Harshil, with over 270 people rescued so far.
The Health Secretary informed that additional medical teams are fully prepared to send teams as per the requirement in the disaster affected areas. These teams are being immediately sent to the affected areas through heliservice. The Health Department is ensuring that no person is deprived o
The state has been witnessing heavy monsoon-triggered disruptions, especially in its higher-altitude regions, prompting large-scale evacuation and relief operations led by multiple agencies. Two cloudbursts on Tuesday, one in Dharali and another in the Sukhi Top area near Dharali, caused wid
In this meeting, the seriousness of the recent natural disaster faced by the state was considered, in which a comprehensive discussion was held on the terrible disaster that occurred in the Dharali area of Uttrakashi on August 05, 2025.
Following a series of flash floods and a massive mudslide that struck Dharali village and the Indian Army's South Harsil Camp, left eight Army personnel and 30-40 labourers missing as per Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, Army Commander of the Central Command.
The disaster, reportedly triggered by two cloudbursts, one in Dharali and another in the nearby Sukhi Top area, occurred on Tuesday afternoon and has left at least three civilians dead and over 50 people missing, according to state officials. Dharali bore the brunt of the destruction, with f