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Rain hampers relief work in Kullu
Kullu, July 17: Team of 450 ITBP, Police and Home Guard personnel have called off rescue operations in Garsa area for the day following more rains. Over 100 lives have been lost and even more are still missing after a cloudburst yesterday.
Kullu, July 17: Team of 450 ITBP, Police and Home Guard personnel have called off rescue operations in Garsa area for the day following more rains. Over 100 lives have been lost and even more are still missing after a cloudburst yesterday.
Bad weather has also forced Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to defer his visit to the area till tomorrow.
The authorities have identified nearly 30 bodies of labourers in the flash flood-hit Shillagarh and Garsa areas of Kullu district. The seriously injured have been admitted to a government hospital in Kullu, while some have been admitted to a hospital in Shimla. "Authorities requisitioned heavy earth moving machinery to the site, where some bodies were feared buried under the boulders and debris and rescue and search operations would gain momentum only after the machinery was available," Kullu Superintendent of Police A P Singh said.
J K Upadhyaya, deputy manager of a contractor firm, said the workers of sub-contractors of a company were living in two tarpauline tent colonies at Bherukot on the bank of Pulianallah. One tent sheltered 200 workers while the other gave cover to 250. The cloudburst occurred in the wee hours yesterday morning and caught labourers unaware as they were still sleeping. Most labourers belonged to Bihar and Nepal and were working at a hydel power project.
Bureau Report
The authorities have identified nearly 30 bodies of labourers in the flash flood-hit Shillagarh and Garsa areas of Kullu district. The seriously injured have been admitted to a government hospital in Kullu, while some have been admitted to a hospital in Shimla. "Authorities requisitioned heavy earth moving machinery to the site, where some bodies were feared buried under the boulders and debris and rescue and search operations would gain momentum only after the machinery was available," Kullu Superintendent of Police A P Singh said.
J K Upadhyaya, deputy manager of a contractor firm, said the workers of sub-contractors of a company were living in two tarpauline tent colonies at Bherukot on the bank of Pulianallah. One tent sheltered 200 workers while the other gave cover to 250. The cloudburst occurred in the wee hours yesterday morning and caught labourers unaware as they were still sleeping. Most labourers belonged to Bihar and Nepal and were working at a hydel power project.
Bureau Report