Border Road Organisation (BRO) and Uttarakhand police cleared the Gangotri National Highway near Bishanpur, Netala, Helgugadh and Sungar for the vehicular movements that were blocked due to landslides and debris on Monday morning.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed the District Magistrate of Tehri to immediately identify the sensitive villages in the affected areas and shift people to a safer place.
While participating in the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami requested to make specific policies for the Himalayan states, said a statement from chief minister's office.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in a NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday and said that the state is committed to achieving the vision of a 'Viksit Bharat' and emphasised the importance of promoting entrepreneurship in rural areas to realise this goal.
As the ongoing Kanwar Yatra reaches its peak, the Haridwar district administration remains vigilant, closely monitoring the Kavad route and kanwariyas through CCTV cameras and drones.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed Garhwal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey and District Magistrate Tehri Garhwal Mayur Dixit to carry out relief and rescue operations effectively in response to the damage caused by heavy rains and landslides in Bal Ganga and Budha
Rawat's statement comes after, the West Bengal CM claimed that her microphone was switched off during a meeting of the NITI Aayog in the national capital on Saturday.
The Chief Minister has directed all the district magistrates of the state to remain in alert mode at all times while coordinating with SDRF, NDRF and other rescue teams, said the release.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is in constant touch with the concerned officials of the areas affected by waterlogging due to heavy rains in the state and has instructed all the district magistrates (DM) of the state to remain "alert."
The disaster control room was notified at around 3 am today that the two were buried under the debris of a building at around 1:30 am due to a landslide.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Dehradun, has provisionally attached immovable property worth Rs. 62 lakh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in the case of Bharti Devi and others, said the agency in a press release.