Uttarakhand: Disaster Relief Force personnel rescue 30 people from flooded Jagpura

Jagpura (Uttarakhand) [India], July 8 (ANI): Amidst heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, a total of 30 people who were trapped in floodwaters in Jagpura have been rescued, officials said on Monday.

Late on Sunday night the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) received information from the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Tanakpur about severe waterlogging in Jagpura.

A SDRF team led by Sub-Inspector Manish Bhakuni rushed to the site and and despite difficult conditions, commenced rescue operations and evacuated everyone safely.

Those rescued were sent to the night shelter in Banbasa by bus.

Following this a sub team was despatched to Ward-9 in Tanakpur and the other left for another site in Jagpura which also saw waterlogging.

Taking to social media platform X, the SDRF Uttarakhand Police posted yesterday night “Rescue operation: SDRF rescues people trapped in Champawat’s Jagpura flooded area late night amidst heavy rain. Your priority is our safety. SDRF Uttarakhand Police is ready.”

On Sunday the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a ‘red alert for the State of extremely heavy rainsin various parts of the State till July 10. Water level of the Ganges in Rishikesh witnessed a high surge.

With the water level reaching the Triveni Ghat Aarti Sthal, the SDRF issued an alert for the travellers and warned them to avoid staying at the ghats at night.

Lokjeet, Superintendent of Police (Rural), Dehradun, said that the police have been in constant touch with the administration and the people residing near the river banks have been displaced.

Further, the police official said, “Efforts are being made to stop the people from visiting the river banks.”

The Char Dham Yatra was also temporarily suspended.