The Principal Secretary said that they have received reports of six deaths, ten injuries, and 303 animal deaths so far. He further added that the loss due to rain is expected to be Rs 3 crore.
Three female devotes hailing from Haryana who came to Kedarnath temple were taken to the hospital after their health conditions deteriorated, informed officials on Saturday.
In a swift and prompt rescue operation, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) successfully rescued four youths stranded between Garuchatti and Rambada of Rudraprayag district on Wednesday night, said police.
SDRF officials said that as soon as they got to know about the person on a bike falling into a gorge in the area, they sprung into action, launched an operation, and rescued him.
While speaking to ANI, SP Kangra Shalini Agnihotri said, "District police control room received two phone calls yesterday one at around 4 pm and another at 5 pm that four persons are stranded at Bhagsu waterfall and five more at a different location near Naddi."
The matter came to light after a confession from the accused. Following this, a team of police reached Reh Ghat, situated on the bank of the Chambal River, and deployed State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and divers for fishing out the bodies.
Shalini Agnihotri, Superintendent of Police, Kangra, said, "At around 10 pm last night, we rescued around 26 persons in the Kareri Lake area who were stranded due to heavy rain."
Asserting that there was no loss of life in Gujarat due to cyclone 'Biparjoy', which made landfall in the coastal areas of his home state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the extremely severe cyclonic storm, packing wind speeds in excess of 140 kmph, was tackled successfull