Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday reached the State Emergency Operation Center located at the Secretariat to review the situation in view of the two-day red alert warning in seven districts by the Meteorological Department.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in association with the Low-pressure area, heavy rainfall activity is likely to continue over Madhya Pradesh and East Rajasthan.
IMD scientist, HR Biswas on Friday said that rainfall activity has occurred in the last 24 hours and due to low pressure in the North-West Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Odisha coast and West Bengal coast its influence is going to cause light to moderate rainfall for the next 24 hours
Three labourers have been rescued while a search for four people is underway after a house collapsed in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, according to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).
Western Air Command, IAF on Tuesday recommenced its relief operations in Himachal Pradesh where many areas are havocked by heavy rains. The IAF rescued 150 citizens from various rain-affected areas of the state.
Medical camps have also been established in the district, the DPRO said adding that more water will be released from Pong Dam on Tuesday night which will affect about 17 villages of the region.
The Badrinath National Highway has been blocked in several areas of the Chamoli district, as a result of heavy rainfall in the state, said officials on Tuesday.