Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said 11 deaths were reported on Tuesday in a flood-like situation triggered by heavy rains, taking the toll across the state to 16.
CM Dhami conducted aerial survey of areas affected due to heavy rainfall. Minister Dhan Singh Rawat and the state's DGP Ashok Kumar also accompanied him. (Credit: ANI)
The chief minister later reviewed the assessment of losses after reaching Rudraprayag. (Credit: ANI)
Bodies of five labourers were recovered from under the debris after a wall collapsed near Degree College in Mukteshwar of Nainital district. One labourer was safely rescued. (Credit: ANI)
Divisional Forest Officer, Kedarnath Forest Division, Amit Kanwar said that10 people from Kolkata who were stranded at Kalchanth on the Rudranath trek route have been rescued by the forest department personnel and brought to Gopeshwar. (Credit: ANI)
"Around 100 people were stuck at Lemon Tree Resort located at Ramnagar-Ranikhet route. All of them are safe and process to rescue them is on. Water from Kosi River entered the resort after the river overflowed, blocking the route to the resort," said Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar. (Credit: ANI)