New Delhi: A car and its occupants were rescued by the BRO (Border Road Organisation) on Monday after it got stuck in a landslide near Lambagarh drain near Badrinath National Highway due to incessant rains.
#Watch | Uttarakhand: BRO (Border Roads Organisation) rescued the occupants of a car which was stuck due to incessant rains in the overflowing Lambagad drain near Badrinath National Highway. pic.twitter.com/ACek12nzwF
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2021
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According to ANI, debris has blocked the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway in Uttarakhand and damaged dozens of vehicles in Sirobgarh. The Khankhra-Khedakhal-Khirsu link road has also been blocked due to the landslide.
It has been raining incessantly in the area for the last four days which has led to landslides.
precautionary measures
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Uttarakhand. “Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh,” the IMD said in its daily weather bulletin issued on Monday morning.
As a precaution, the Badrinath Yatra has been stopped and the pilgrims going to Badrinath have been stopped at safer places.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed the Disaster Management Department, Police Administration and all the District Magistrates to be on alert.
Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, Disaster Management Department has appealed to all local residents and travelers to maintain vigilance, keep distance from river drains and stay at safe places after warning. Commuters to and from Uttarakhand are also requested to plan their journey keeping in view the weather warnings and appeals have been made to avoid traveling during this period.
Five people, including three laborers from Nepal, were killed and two others were injured due to incessant rains in Uttarakhand for the second consecutive day on Monday. District magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande was quoted by PTI as saying that the laborers were living in a tent at Samakhal near Lansdowne in Pauri district when debris from a field was falling due to rain, due to which they were buried alive.
In another incident, two people were killed when a house collapsed following a landslide at Selkhola in Champawat district. All schools for classes 1 to 12 across Uttarakhand remained closed on Monday, while trekking, mountaineering and camping activities were banned till Tuesday in the high altitude areas of the state, including the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve and various forest divisions. The report further stated that precautionary measures.
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