New Delhi: With incessant rains lashing most parts of North India for the past few days - Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are worst hit – normal life has been severely affected, leaving over 60 people dead and thousands stranded.
Flashfloods in the Ganga and its tributaries triggered by incessant rains for over 48 hours left a trail of death and devastation across Uttarakhand killing 37 people, injuring 34 and damaging 164 buildings.
The grave situation in Uttarakhand led to suspension of the annual Kailash Mansarovar yatra owing to the relentless rains and consequent landslides.
The rains, which began Saturday night, have continued for the past two days. The Met department said the rains in the month of June have since broken an 88-year record.
The worst-hit areas include Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi, where Mandakini river is in spate. In Rambada, the river water entered the market area.
Sources say more than 58,000 people are stranded at different places on the route of the Chardham Yatra - Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath.
Rescue operations are being carried out in the hill state by the Army, para-military Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and disaster management authority.
Also, several parts of Haryana were flooded after water level of Yamuna rose alarmingly. The Yamuna river, which enters Haryana from Uttarakhand at Hathnikund barrage in Yamunanagar district, had swelled since early Saturday after over 800,000 cusecs of water was released Monday morning through the Hathnikund barrage.
Flashfloods in the Ganga and its tributaries triggered by incessant rains for over 48 hours left a trail of death and devastation across Uttarakhand killing 37 people, injuring 34 and damaging 164 buildings.
The grave situation in Uttarakhand led to suspension of the annual Kailash Mansarovar yatra owing to the relentless rains and consequent landslides.
The rains, which began Saturday night, have continued for the past two days. The Met department said the rains in the month of June have since broken an 88-year record.
The worst-hit areas include Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi, where Mandakini river is in spate. In Rambada, the river water entered the market area.
Sources say more than 58,000 people are stranded at different places on the route of the Chardham Yatra - Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath.
Rescue operations are being carried out in the hill state by the Army, para-military Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and disaster management authority.
Also, several parts of Haryana were flooded after water level of Yamuna rose alarmingly. The Yamuna river, which enters Haryana from Uttarakhand at Hathnikund barrage in Yamunanagar district, had swelled since early Saturday after over 800,000 cusecs of water was released Monday morning through the Hathnikund barrage.
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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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