August 5th 2023.
Tragedy struck the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand on Saturday as three people were killed and seventeen are reportedly missing after a massive landslide occurred. Reports from the District Administration stated that two roadside shops and dhabas were washed away in the debris that came down from the mountain, and four local people and sixteen of Nepali origin were present in these shops and dhabas when the landslide occurred.
Further, the State Disaster Response Force is currently conducting a search operation at the affected area. Meanwhile, a portion of the Gangotri National Highway caved in due to a landslide near the Forest Department office at Lisa Depot in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, disrupting vehicular movement. As per the District Administration, this has caused a disruption for the devotees of the Gangotri Dham Yatra, who are now stranded on the route.
Adding to the unfortunate events, a stretch of about 500 meters ahead of Bhatwadi was closed to traffic on Friday due to falling debris. As per the State Disaster Management Department, 31 people have died in the state due to the monsoon season, 31 people have been injured and 1,176 houses have been damaged. Since June 15th, ten deaths and five injuries have been reported in the state due to landslides, nineteen deaths and twenty-one injuries due to cloudbursts or heavy rains, two deaths and five injuries due to lightning and thirty-two houses alone have been completely destroyed due to cloudbursts.
The situation in Uttarakhand is dire and authorities are doing their best to contain it. It is a tragedy that the lives of many have been lost or affected by these unfortunate events.
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