Three dead, four missing as car plunges into Ganga
Three people died and four others went missing after an Innova SUV they were travelling in plunged into River Ganga on Tuesday.
Three people died and four others went missing after an Innova SUV they were travelling in plunged into River Ganga on Tuesday.
Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued more than 10,000 devotees en route to the Kedarnath Shrine on Tuesday night after they were stuck due to a road blockade caused by a sudden landslide near Sonprayag.
Rescue efforts continued on Saturday morning near Keshi Ghat in Vrindavan, in Mathura district, after at least ten people died in a boat capsizing, officials said.
The CM said Home Guards work with sincerity, without expectation or self-interest, to serve society, and the force stands by citizens during natural disasters, crowd management, traffic regulation, and difficult situations while supporting the police.
According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, the cyclone has lost considerable strength and is moving at a very slow pace. It was centred 510 km south-southeast of Chennai and was moving north-northwest at a speed of 3 kmph.
Several parts of the Uttar Pradesh capital were inundated after heavy rains late Wednesday night, causing severe waterlogging and traffic disruptions.
In Uttarkashi's Dharali region, where the Limchigad bridge, vital for transportation, was washed away during the August 5 cloudburst, cutting off transportation, intensive efforts are underway to restore connectivity.
As of August 6, at least four people have died and over 130 individuals were rescued after a devastating cloudburst triggered flash floods and landslides near Harsil and Dharali in Uttarkashi district.
There was some relief for residents in flood-affected areas of Rajasthan as the water level in the swollen Chambal River began to recede on Friday, particularly in the worst-hit districts of Dholpur, Karauli, and Sawai Madhopur.
Jawans of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued 16 passengers, including the boatman, after a 10-hour-long operation in the Ajay river, near Jamuria in West Burdwan district in the early hours today.
