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Drive to Kalsi, Uttarakhand to see Asokas Rock Edict circa 250 BC As a student of Ancient Indian history and having read and re-read Romila Thapar’s ‘ Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

A part of the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Uttarakhand's Dehradun has collapsed following incessant rain.

Heavy rains also disrupted normal life in the Kaluwala area of Dehradun last week. Rainwater entered the houses and caused waterlogging on the streets. According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), information was received from the Disaster Control Room that incessant rainfall had created major waterlogging in the streets and that rainwater had also entered peoples homes in Dehraduns Kaluwala area, disrupting daily life.

Earlier on Wednesday, as many as 15 houses collapsed and seven cowsheds were completely destroyed in subsidence and landslides at Jakhan village, part of Madrasu gram panchayat on Langha Road, near Dehradun.

A part of the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Uttarakhand's Dehradun has collapsed following incessant rain. Devotees, who came to the temple to offer

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in the state and also reviewed the increasing water level of the Ganga river in Rishikesh. 

Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand hit by heavy rainfall causing damage to infrastructure and loss of life. Fresh wet spell expected from 20 August.

The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel on Saturday continued to conduct rescue and relief operations in Jakhna village, which was affected after a landslide struck Langa Road near Dehradun on Wednesday, an official said on Saturday. According to the SDRF Uttarakhand Police after a villager fainted a jawan of its force carried the villager on his back to the main road and then transported him to the hospital in an SDRF vehicle.

The SDRF team reached the spot to find four people buried under the debris of the collapsed house.