30 people were rescued from Jagpura and were sent to a shelter in Banbasa. Other rescue operations took place in Ward 9, Tanakpur and another area in Jagpura
As the water level of the river reached the Triveni Ghat Aarti Sthal, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) issued an alert for travellers and warned them to avoid staying at the ghats at night.
Although no one was hurt, the collapse caused rainwater to flood the house, trapping the family inside. A team from the State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) was called in to rescue the family and shift them to a safe location.
A woman died and three others were said to be seriously injured when the car they were travelling in crashed near a petrol pump in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said on Sunday. The woman died on the spot.
Three bodies have been retrieved while at least six to seven people are feared trapped in the debris as the rescue operation is underway by the SDRF and NDRF teams where a six-storey building collapsed in Surat on Saturday.
Amid the heavy rainfall in the state, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Saturday informed that the water level of the Ganga river in Rishikesh is continuously rising.
The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) of Himachal Pradesh and Bal Raksha Bharat also known as Save the Children officially joined forces to enhance child-centric disaster management strategies in the state. The collaboration was formalized through a non-financial Memorandum of Under
In anticipation of potential floods, the Yogi government has undertaken extensive preparations across the state to control the situation in the state and established 612 flood posts in 24 highly sensitive and 16 sensitive areas, where NDRF, SDRF and PAC troops have been deployed.
In a tragic incident, about 8-9 km ahead of Gangotri on the Gomukh footpath, 30-40 pilgrims were stranded and two washed away when a temporary bridge collapsed due to a sudden increase in water flow in a river at Devgad in Uttarakhand on Friday.
According to the SDRF, "We received information from the City Control Room (CCR) that some people had been trapped on an island near Robbers Cave (Guchhupani), for whose rescue SDRF team is required."