The District Magistrate is constantly inspecting the relief camps set up in the disaster-affected area and is also constantly reviewing the availability of basic facilities like food, drinking water, and medical care to the affected.
The officials in the Uttarakhand government told ANI that the rescue operation is continuing, and till 8 am today, 52 people have been shifted to the ITBP Matli.
Pooja, a resident of Dehradun, was airlifted from near Dharali by the response forces. She had gone to her parents' home to celebrate Rakshabandhan. After being rescued with her two children, she said that a lot of people have lost their lives in the Uttarkashi tragedy.
People trapped in the Dharali-Harsil disaster are being rescued through helicopters and brought to Matli helipad, from where arrangements have also been made to ensure their safe arrival at their destination.
Indian Air Force continued its Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operation on Friday in Uttarakhand after the devastating floods hit Dharali and Harsili.
The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Friday conducted search operations with the help of state-of-the-art equipment, including a victim locating camera, a thermal imaging camera, in the disaster-hit Dharali region to locate trapped individuals under the debris of the damag
The Uttarakhand government on Friday informed that 566 people have been evacuated till noon from disaster-hit areas of Dharali and Harsil in Uttarkashi district, where massive flash floods disrupted normal life.
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.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday chaired a high-level meeting with senior officials from key rescue and security agencies to take stock of ongoing relief and rescue operations in the rain-affected Uttarkashi district.
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.