Heavy rains and cloudbursts have caused havoc in Uttarakhand. Signs of devastation can be seen everywhere from Tehri to Kedarnath. 14 people have died and 10 others have been injured in rain-related incidents in various parts of the state in the last two days. Nautar area of Tehri and Kedarnath have also suffered heavy damage due to cloudburst.
On Wednesday night around 9:30 PM, due to cloudburst in Junglechatti near Lincholi, after heavy rains on the Gaurikund-Kedarnath walking path, 20-25 meter road in Bhimbali was washed away and big stones came down from the mountains. After this, the road to Rambada, Bhimbali Lincholi was completely closed. Due to cloudburst, 30 meter road on Kedarnath Yatra route has been submerged in Mandakini river.
4 thousand people were rescued
After heavy rains, Kedarnath Yatra has been stopped and a large number of people are stranded. The rescue operation continued even during the night and NDRF and SDRF carried out the rescue operation together. So far, more than 4000 devotees have been evacuated safely in the rescue operation conducted by helicopter and on foot.
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Today, about 1000 people stranded in the Dham will be evacuated by helicopter. Rescue operations have started again on the footpath since morning. Airlifting of passengers has also been started from Bhimbali and Lincholi. Manual rescue is also continuing. Passengers reaching Son Prayag by footpath till late night were safely transported to Son Prayag market.
Air Force is helping
The help of the Air Force is also being continuously taken to bring the stranded people. To speed up the air lift, the Air Force’s Chinook and MI 17 helicopters also reached Gauchar on Friday morning. MI 17 made one round and rescued 10 people and brought them to Gauchar.
The Air Force issued a statement saying, ‘The Indian Air Force has started rescue operations from Kedarnath. The Indian Air Force has started rescue operations in Kedarnath through Mi17V5 and Chinook. NDRF teams were taken to rescue sites with one Chinook and one Mi17 V5 helicopter. More equipment of the Indian Air Force are on standby for further action.’
CM met the affected people
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami posted on Twitter and said, ‘After conducting a field inspection of the areas affected by the heavy rainfall in Kedar Valley on Wednesday night, he met the local people and devotees from different states and enquired about their well-being. During this, he directed the District Magistrate Rudraprayag to speed up the work of repairing the damaged roads and footpaths and to quickly evacuate people from sensitive places to safe places.’
He also told the Secretary that any kind of assistance sought by the District Magistrates for relief and rescue operations due to heavy rains should be made available to them immediately.
What is cloud burst called?
Cloudburst means sudden very heavy rainfall in a limited area in a very short time. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, if there is 100 mm rainfall in an hour in an area of 20-30 square kilometers, then it is called cloudburst. In common parlance, sudden heavy rainfall at one place is called cloudburst. Now let us tell you when does cloudburst occur?
how a cloud bursts
When clouds with high moisture content gather at one place due to increase in temperature, the water droplets mix together and the weight of the droplets increases so much that the density of the cloud increases. Due to this, heavy rain suddenly starts in a limited area. This is called cloud burst.
In terms of cloudburst incidents, two states of the country, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, are considered to be the most sensitive. Cloudbursts have become common during monsoon rains in these two hilly states. According to experts, due to climate change, there is a possibility of a big increase in cloudburst disasters in the coming years. That is, this is just a trailer, nature is warning, if we do not take care now, we will have to lose both life and property.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)