Uttarakhand: Police sub-inspect among 15 people killed in power transformer explosion in Chamoli
AIIMS Rishikesh via helicopter. Orders have been given to conduct a Magisterial inquiry." In April, 11 people were electrocuted when their truck touched an overhead power line during a Hindu festival procession in southern India.
Meanwhile, Incessant rainfall in the hilly and plain areas in Uttarakhand for the past nine days has resulted in an increase in water levels of the rivers and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have been told to remain on high alert, authorities said on Wednesday. As per SDRF officials, nine days of constant rain in Uttarakhand's hilly and plain regions caused the rivers' water levels to rise, subsequently, the SDRF personnel have been instructed to maintain a high degree of alertness.
SDRF Commandant, Manikant Mishra, instructed various SDRF teams to be on high alert amid these circumstances. In view of the possible danger posed by the rising water level of the river Ganga, SDRF officers and jawans have been asked to be on constant alert (More details awaited)
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