Uttarakhand: Ganga breaches danger mark, alert issued in Haridwar
Due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand on Sunday, landslides were triggered and the Ganga crossed the danger mark in Devprayag and the warning level in Haridwar after the heavy release of water from the dam on the Alaknanda river. Officials said the Ganga crossed the warning level of 293 metres and reached 293.15 metres in Haridwar on Sunday evening.
An alert has been issued in the low-lying areas due to the increased level of the river, they added. The State Disaster Operation Centre has directed Haridwar District Magistrate Dheeraj Singh to repair Gate No 10 of the Bhimgoda barrage at the earliest to avert any heavy losses due to the high-speed water flowing through the breached gate.
The Ganga was flowing at 463.20 metres following which water filled up in Sangam Ghat, Ramkund, Dhaneshwar Ghat and Fuladi Ghat. There was also a tremendous jump in the water level of the Ganga after 2,000-3,000 cusecs of water was released from the dam of the GVK hydroelectric project built on the Alaknanda river, said officials.
Tehri District Disaster Management officer Brijesh Bhatt said the district administration is making frequent calls to warn people to stay away from the banks of the river. The water level of the Ganga in Muni ki Reti area of Tehri near Rishikesh also increased to 339.60 metres, which is 0.10 metre above the warning level of 339.50 metres, he added. A flood-like situation is prevailing in 71 villages of Laksar, Khanpur, Roorkee, Bhagwanpur and Haridwar tehsils due to incessant rains in the past few days.
The rescue and relief operations are being carried out with the help of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), army and state police. The abutment of a bridge on the
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