Heavy rainfall claims life in Chamoli; 125 roads blocked across Uttarakhand

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Chamoli district, reported TOI.

The heavy rainfall has also caused significant disruption across the state, blocking 142 roads, including highways and village routes. The State Emergency Operation Centre reported that since the monsoon began in Uttarakhand on June 15, rain-related natural disasters have claimed 62 lives. Additionally, the storms on Sunday resulted in another 63 roads being blocked throughout the state, according to the TOI report.

Heavy rains in Uttarakhand has triggered landslides and flash floods in several places. Dehradun India Meteorological Department Director Bikram Singh had issued a two-day red alert in Uttarakhand on August 22. He had said the state will witness very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the coming days 2-3 days.

At least 10 people died and both the concrete bridge and footbridge along the Kedarnath route were damaged due to heavy rainfall in the area in early August. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the disaster-affected areas. The Chief Minister also held a review meeting with officials at the State Emergency Operation Centre to assess the situation of rescue and relief operations in areas affected by heavy rainfall.

«We received information about the disruption of life in many areas across the state. Consequently, rescue teams worked through the night to move people to safer locations,» he said

Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on had also said that Uttarakhand is likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall.