Kedarnath Landslide: On the Kedarnath Yatra route in Rudraprayag district, a landslip claimed the lives of five persons, three of whom were pilgrims from Gujarat, while the MeT department issued a warning on Friday of impending heavy rains in six districts of Uttarakhand.
A man went missing in a landslip a few days ago, and several bridges were damaged, cutting off a significant portion of the population from the rest of the state. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted a ground assessment of the area in Kotdwar, which had been severely affected by the recent rain.
On Thursday night, a landslip at Tarsali near Phata on the Kedarnath Yatra road in Rudraprayag district buried five individuals in a car, but their remains weren’t found until Friday due to a break in the nonstop rain.
Three Gujarati and one Haridwari devotee were among the dead. Police stated that efforts were being made to identify the fifth victim.
The Meteorological Department has issued a “red” alert for the following three days as well as a “orange” alert for Friday’s expected heavy rain in six state districts.
The state has suffered greatly as a result of the constant rain. Natural disasters like landslides, floods, and cloudbursts have cost the state a great deal of lives and property as a result of the extreme rain this year.
58 individuals have died and 37 have been injured in various incidents so far during this monsoon, according to data obtained from the State Emergency Operation Centre, while 19 more are still missing.
A significant quantity of agricultural land was also washed away, along with 1,167 dwellings that were damaged, including 33 that were completely destroyed.
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