Uttarakhand Governor Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh (retd) visited the disaster-affected areas of Dharali, Harshil and Mukhaba in Uttarkashi district and met the affected families and took stock of the situation of relief and security operations.
A 21-year-old allegedly jumped off the Yamuna bridge during a video call with his sister on Sunday night. A PCR call was received at Sunlight Colony police station at 11:22 pm, prompting an extensive search operation by police and rescue teams.
"There is a risk of light to moderate rain or thundershowers throughout the next two days, after another period of very light to light rain is anticipated in the early hours of Sunday," as per the Met Department.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed Secretary, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation, Vinod Kumar Suman, to coordinate with the district administration and take appropriate steps for channelisation to drain out the water from the lake formed due to debris in the Syan
Multiple agencies, including the National Disaster Response Force (NDF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Police, Revenue, Health, Food Supply, and Public Works Department (PWD), are working to open the recently formed temporary lake in the Harsil area as soon as possible.
In Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, the search operation continues for those missing after a cloudburst hit Chasoti village, which claimed 61 lives.
A total of 18 teams of NDRF are positioned in various parts of the state, along with six teams of SDRF. In Nanded's Mukhed area, SDRF teams saved 293 people.
Amid recent incidents of cloudbursts and landslides in the region, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday organised a one-day civil defence awareness and training camp in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.
At least seven people have died in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Kathua district, while rescue and relief operations are underway in Kathua and Kishtwar, officials said on Sunday.
Rescue operations in flood-hit Kishtwar began on August 14, with SDRF, NDRF, and NGOs recovering seven bodies on August 16. BRO is clearing boulders in a challenging operation. Army-led relief continues amid ex-gratia announcements by J-K Chief Minister.