Uttarakhand CM Dhami directs officials to be on ‘alert’ amid heavy rainfall

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 27 (ANI): 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.”

According to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), the Chief Minister has directed all the District Magistrates of the state to remain on alert mode at all times while coordinating with SDRF, NDRF and other rescue teams.

The Chief Minister has appealed that the Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain at many places, so all the people of the state should leave their homes only when there is essential work.

He said that the safety of the people of the state and the travellers coming to the state is our top priority.

Earlier on Saturday, rescue personnel pulled out the body of a woman who got burried under the debris of a building that was hit by a landslide in Ghansali in Uttarakhand, in the early hours today.

The woman and her daughter got trapped under debris of their home that collapsed in the landslide triggered by heavy rain in village Toli.

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 District Information Officer of Tehri Garhwal said that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Tehsildar, Patwari, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Public Works Department (PWD) team, Nagarpalika team and health team ambulance immediately reached the incident spot.

The SDRF team, under the leadership of Chief Constable Kuldeep Singh from Post Ghansali, reached the spot and started the rescue work.

“During an intensive search by SDRF and District Police, the body of a woman, Sarita Devi, buried in the debris has been recovered,” SDRF stated.

Heavy rains in parts of Uttarakhand over the past few days have triggered landslides in the hills, with the highway to Badrinath blocked at many points by rubble on several occasions.