Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, upon receiving information from officials, has instructed the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams and District Magistrates to stay alert due to heavy rainfall affecting various parts of Uttarakhand.
A spokesperson from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said that after receiving information about three people missing due to a cloudburst last night at Jakhanyali in the Ghansali area of Tehri the SDRF team searched the area.
The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), along with district police, safely rescued four youths who were stranded in the Kosi River on Sunday.
The Chief Minister has directed both the District Magistrates to deploy the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams in the affected areas and carry out relief work expeditiously.
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.
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.
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."
In a relief and rescue operation, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) pulled out the four submerged vehicles from the Ganga river after they were swept away in the flooding of rain drain near Kharkhari in Haridwar on Sunday.
The police said that as soon as they got the information of the incident, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were called and began the rescue operation.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed condolences over the loss of lives in the accident and said that local administration and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams are engaged in rescue operation.