Transport aircraft C295 landed at Dharasu town in Uttarkashi district from Agra on Sunday morning with personnel, technicians, and relief material for conducting rescue and relief operations.
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana on Sunday said that the state assembly in the last 3.5 years has run "very smoothly" under his tenure, ahead of the Monsoon Session of the state that will commence tomorrow.
All senior police officers and team leaders of various branches of police - SDRF, Fire Service, PAC, Telecom, etc., who were sent for effective conduct of relief and rescue operations in Uttarkashi district, attended the meeting.
The Uttarakhand CM informed that the government has provided immediate relief by providing Rs 5 lakh, whereas electricity and telephone services in the affected areas have been restored.
Pandey said that CM Dhami sought a report regarding the Dharali disaster, for which the administration gave a presentation and informed about the progress.
The construction of the Bailey bridge was completed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday, replacing the Limchi Gad Bridge in the Gangnani area on the Gangotri National Highway, damaged in the aftermath of the cloudburst in Dharali village near Gangotri, BRO officials said.
A massive fire broke out in a mushroom cold storage in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri on Sunday. More than a dozen fire engines were deployed to bring the situation under control, police said.
A special training session on 'Empowering Public Representatives: Strengthening Communication and Governance through Artificial Intelligence (AI)' was organised for MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh State Assembly in Lucknow on Sunday.
Aiming to fasten rescue and relief operations, Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) authorities have prepared a detailed action plan to conduct search and rescue operations by coordinating with other agencies in the disaster-hit Dharali area of Uttarkashi district.
According to the police, the arrest took place during a late-night patrol on the intervening night of August 5-6 in the Rajdhani Enclave Market in Preet Vihar area.