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40 missing in Uttarakhand after flash floods,
rescue efforts on
Sunday August 05, 2012 12:49:07 PM,
IANS
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Dehradun: As many as 40
people, including 19 labourers at a project, are missing after
flash floods and cloud bursts ravaged Uttarakhand. The government
Sunday asked the ITBP, police and army for help.
Twelve people have already died in the calamity, said officials.
The government asked the army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
and state police to search for the 19 labourers who went missing
at a hydel project in Assi Ganga in Uttarkashi, about 180 km from
here, late Saturday, officials said.
The government also confirmed the death of 12 people, including
three children, in the flash floods, cloud bursts and incessant
rains that have ravaged the sub-Himalayan state.
Officials told IANS that as many as 40 people were missing across
the state, including in Garhwal, Uttarkashi and Chamoli.
With rains continuing in many parts of the state, rescue
operations are getting affected, officials said.
Also, due to landslides and washing away of roads, the annual Char
Dham yatra has been halted, said officials.
A cluster of homes was washed away in the Gangotri after a bridge
collapsed due to rain.
The water levels in Bhagirathi, Alkananda and Yamuna rivers are
running at danger levels, officials said.
Also, all major hydel projects have been shut down following
torrential rains. Three small state-run hydel projects in
Uttarkashi district have also been damaged.
Producing an average of 18-20 million units a day during the
monsoon, the hydel projects have been stopped due to fear of
silting and fears of damage.
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