Uttarakhand CM visits cloudburst affected areas
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The cloudburst on Tuesday razed two municipal buildings to the ground and damaged several shops.
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Rescue and relief operation after several shops and houses were damaged because of a cloudburst at Uttarakhand’s Devprayag.
The cloudburst on Tuesday razed two municipal buildings to the ground and damaged several shops. A day after a cloudburst hit Devprayag in Tehri district, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Wednesday visited the affected areas along with his Ministerial colleagues for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation. Accompanied by Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal, Disaster Management Minister Dhan Singh Rawat and local MLA Vinod Kandari, the Chief Minister also met the affected people and assured them of all help. He asked District Magistrate Iva Shrivastava to extend assistance to the affected people at the earliest.
Uttarakhand s Chief Minister visited the areas affected by Tuesday s cloudburst
Dehradun:
A day after a cloudburst hit Devprayag in Uttarakhand s Tehri district, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Wednesday visited the affected areas along with his ministerial colleagues for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation.
Accompanied by Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal, Disaster Management Minister Dhan Singh Rawat and local MLA Vinod Kandari, the chief minister also met the affected people and assured them of all help.
He asked District Magistrate Iva Shrivastava to extend assistance to the affected people at the earliest.
The cloudburst on Tuesday razed two municipal buildings to the ground and damaged several shops.It also damaged pedestrian bridges, water pipelines and electricity supply lines.
Cloudburst hits Devprayag in Uttarakhand
Cloudburst hits Devprayag in Uttarakhand
It also damaged pedestrian bridges, water pipelines and electricity supply lines, an official said.
The cloudburst occurred over the Shanta river, causing inundation of areas along its banks with a huge amount of slush containing boulders, SHO of the Devprayag police station Mahipal Singh Rawat said.
Two municipality buildings, including the multi-purpose Nagar Palika Bhawan, caved in after being hit by the rubble brought down by the cloudburst, he added.
A number of shops in the Dashrath Danda Parvat area of Devprayag were also damaged in the cloudburst, the SHO said.
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The cloudburst which occurred over Shanta river inundated areas along its banks damaging pedestrian bridges, water pipelines and electricity supply lines, an official said.
Watch: Cloudburst hits Devprayag, damages buildings and shops, no loss of life reported
Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Tuesday and assured all help from the Centre on a cloudburst in Devprayag in Tehri district which razed down two municipal buildings to the ground and damaged several shops, officials said. Shah, on telephone call on Tuesday evening, assured Rawat of all possible help from the central government. The cloudburst which occurred over Shanta river inundated areas along its banks damaging pedestrian bridges, water pipelines and electricity supply lines, an official said.
Highlights
Around 12-13 shops and several other properties have been damaged
There was no loss of life as people were alert and had moved to safe locations
New Tehri: A cloudburst hit Devprayag in the Tehri district of Uttarakhand on Tuesday (May 11), razing two municipal buildings to the ground and damaging several shops.
It also damaged pedestrian bridges, water pipelines and electricity supply lines, an official said.
The cloudburst occurred over the Shanta river, causing inundation of areas along its banks with a huge amount of slush containing boulders, SHO of the Devprayag police station Mahipal Singh Rawat said.
Cloudburst was reported at 5 pm today. Around 12-13 shops and several other properties have been damaged. Since most of these shops were closed due to lockdown, no casualty has been reported yet. Water level is on the rise here, rescue operation underway: MS Rawat, SHO Devprayag pic.twitter.com/GyMxnNzelq