00:00Heavy rain claimed at least seven lives and triggered a series of landslides, house collapses and flash flood-like situations
00:06across Uttarakhand.
00:08On Tuesday, while falling boulders blocked the arterial Dehradun-Masuri Highway and disrupted traffic,
00:15at least three people were killed after the walls of a house collapsed around 3 a.m. in Odhuda village
00:21in Almora's Havalbagh block.
00:23The deceased were identified as Premadevi, Kalkan Aarya and Manish Kumar.
00:27One person, Gulab Ram, who was sleeping in a room outside the main house, managed to escape safely.
00:32The administration and rescue teams rushed to the spot after receiving the information.
00:37An SDRF team led by Sub-Inspector Pankaj Dungwal also reached the site from the Saria Pani post and joined
00:43the rescue operation.
00:45So, the situation remains grim in Uttarakhand as heavy rain claimed at least seven lives
00:50and triggered a series of landslides, house collapses and also flash flood-like situation across Uttarakhand.
00:58In fact, my colleague Ankit Sharma is now joining us with the latest.
01:01Ankit, give us the latest update. How is the situation currently in Uttarakhand?
01:07Anjali, continuous rainfall yesterday triggered flooding, landslide and road blockages across Uttarakhand
01:14prompting rescue and relief operations in several districts.
01:18As we go to Udamsingh Nagar, the Gola River was in spade
01:21and as more as 27,000 Q-sects of water was released from Haldwani and that led to overflowing of
01:30Khakra River as well,
01:31which has affected many families in the villages.
01:37And in TD landslide block NS-34, in Almora, in two different incidents, five people were reportedly dead
01:46when two women and an infant in Uriara village were buried under the debris
01:52and in a different incident, two Nepali laborers were also buried under the debris
01:57after the muck came heavily downstream in Dharki toon.
02:02And in Bagishwar as well, 16 roads are blocked.
02:06The Skosi and Shipra rivers are flowing strongly in Nainital as well,
02:11causing the residents who are living nearby riverbanks to leave that area and move to safer places.
02:20In Dehradun as well, day before yesterday, last day before yesterday at midnight,
02:26the car was also swept away by floods in Kandoli area of Dehradun,
02:32which led to two deaths, two young deaths in the area.
02:36SDRF led to the rescue operation.
02:38One was saved and was taken to the hospital as well.
02:42So there was a series of incidents in Uttarakhand last night as well.
02:50And there were several rivers who were raging.
02:53We also received reports of landslides in several areas.
02:57As many as 170 roads are blocked so far,
03:00which also includes NH in Pithauragarh, Nainital and Bagishwar, which are being blocked.
03:08The PWD department is working with poker and machines to restore the highways as soon as possible.
03:15And even today, there is a yellow and orange alert in Nainital, Dehradun and Dehradun,
03:21causing schools to remain closed in five districts of the state.
03:26Anjali.
03:26All right, Ankit, thank you for those details.
03:29So flash flood-like situation being reported from Uttarakhand,
03:32where there has been heavy rainfall.
03:33In fact, several house collapses and landslides are also being reported.
03:38And the schools have been closed.
03:40There's an orange alert also that has been issued for today.
03:44And seven people have unfortunately been killed due to the heavy rainfall and the landslides
03:50and the flash flood-like situation that has been caused due to it in Uttarakhand.
03:53So, let's go.
03:54So, let's go.
03:54So, let's go.
03:54So, let's go.
03:54So, let's go.
03:54So, let's go.
03:55So, let's go.
