Uttarakhand: Many roads inundated as heavy rain lashes Rudraprayag district; SDRF teams deployed

Uttarakhand was lashed by rain yesterday leading to landslides at several places in the state. Two persons were killed and several others injured in two separate incidents in the state.

TN National Desk

Updated Jun 30, 2022, 07:31 IST

Heavy rain lashed Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.

Photo : ANI

Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand: Several roads were inundated after heavy rains lashed the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. The government has deployed State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams to deal with any untoward situation.

"We have made all the arrangements including the identification of landslide-prone zones. SDRF teams have also been deployed," ANI quoted Rudraprayag SP Ayush Agarwal as saying.

Uttarakhand was lashed by rain yesterday leading to landslides at several places in the state. Two persons were killed and several others injured in two separate incidents in the state.

In the first incident, a woman from Maharashtra was killed and five others sustained injuries when the vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by a landslide on Kedarnath road. The incident occurred near Sonprayag on the Rudraprayag-Gaurikund National Highway around 3 pm, Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar said.

There were 11 people in the vehicle at the time of the accident and they were returning from Kedarnath, he said.

In another incident, one person was killed, and two others injured after a boulder fell over a car comprising pilgrims returning from Badrinath near Chamoli, late last night.

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