In a joint operation, Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued a youth, who was trapped in the middle of the Mandakini River while trying to cross it in a trolley, near Agastyamuni town in Uttarakhand.
CM Dhami was speaking at an event organised in Rudraprayag's Ukhimath ahead of the upcoming by-election in the Kedarnath assembly constituency. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Asha Nautiyal has been given a ticket from this seat.
State Disaster Rescue Force (SDRF) along with Uttarakhand police in a joint operation rescued 13 people after a vehicle crashed near Gaurikund on Shri Kedarnath Yatra route in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag on Wednesday.
The District Magistrate of Rudraprayag, Saurabh Gaharwar on Tuesday inspected the damaged road and landslide-affected area between Sonprayag to Gaurikund by conducting a ground inspection of the Shri Kedarnath Dham Yatra route.
"Very sad news was received that some passengers were buried under debris between Sonprayag-Munkatiya (Rudraprayag). The local administration, NDRF and SDRF teams are engaged in relief and rescue operations. I am also in touch with the concerned officials and monitoring the rescue operation.
Uttarakhand Director General of Police Abhinav Kumar said that Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police has been ordered to investigate the matter of putting up sign boards banning and imposing penalties on the entry of people belonging to certain communities in some villages of Kedar Valley in
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved special assistance amount for the loss caused by heavy rains in the Kedarnath area of Rudraprayag district.
In a tragic incident, four Nepali nationals were found dead after being trapped under debris near Phanta helipad following the heavy rains in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag on Friday, officials said.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday virtually addressed the people at the Jan Milan program organized at Agastyamuni in Rudraprayag from the CM's Camp Office in Dehradun.
Addressing the people virtually, he said that his brother and sisters had a great desire in their hearts that the CM should have joined the people in the program which was held in Rudraprayag, however, due to bad weather it was not possible.