Naugaon market of Uttarkashi district has caused heavy damage due to overflow, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has taken cognizance of this incident. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami gave immediate talks with the District Magistrate to conduct relief and rescue operations on a war footing. Teams of district administration, SDRF and NDRF have left for the affected area.

Apart from this, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has also clearly directed to ensure that the affected people should not be delayed immediately and there is no delay in every possible help. CM Dhami has prayed to God for everyone to be safe.

Siren installed for emergency in Dehradun

CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “The 13 sirens that have been installed in Dehradun city today. If there is any emergency, then all the people will be alert together. It will play a very big role in securing people’s lives and making them more alert.

Local people threatened due to landslide in Brahmasain region

At the same time, the frequent landslides in Brahmasain area near Gopeshwar headquarters of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand have posed a serious threat to local residents. Due to heavy rains, about one hundred and fifty meters long road has completely collapsed, due to which cracks have occurred in the surrounding residential houses. There is an atmosphere of panic among the people living in the affected area and many families are worried about their safety.

District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said that many areas have been affected due to continuous landslides in the district. To assess the damage caused by this natural disaster, the administration has prepared a detailed report and sent it to the government. He said, “We have given complete information about landslide affected areas to the government. An expert team constituted by the Government of India will soon reach Chamoli and inspect the affected areas and assess the damage.”

Assistance being delivered to the affected- DM

The District Magistrate said that the administration is monitoring the situation and all possible assistance is being provided to the affected people. Our priority is the safety of the people. Relief and rescue operations have been started in the affected areas. After the visit of the Government of India team, there will be an accurate assessment of the loss, on the basis of which rehabilitation and repair work will be started.

Some families left their homes

In Brahmasain, not only the traffic system has come to a standstill due to the collapse of the road, but the foundation of the surrounding houses has also become weak. Local residents say that landslides have increased due to rain, causing cracks in the walls of their houses. Some families have left their homes and started taking shelter in safe places.

Appeal to people to take precautions

At the same time, the administration has appealed to the people to take precautions in the affected areas and contact the local authorities in any emergency. After the visit and damage assessment of the Government of India team, relief work is expected to increase in the area.

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A group of 28 tourists from Kerala have also gone missing after heavy landslides caused by cloudburst on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. This information has been given by the family members of Kerala -based tourists.

A relative of a couple in the tourist group said that out of these 28 people, 20 are from Kerala, who have settled in Maharashtra, while the remaining eight people live from different districts of Kerala. He told that the couple’s son had last talked to him a day before.

Passengers were on a visit to Gangotri from Uttarkashi

The relative said, ‘He told that he was going to Gangotri from Uttarkashi at around 8.30 am that day. There was a landslide on the same route. We are not able to contact him since he left. He said that the travel agency in Haridwar had organized a 10 -day Uttarakhand trip. The travel agency is also unable to give any information about the group.

He said, ‘The battery of his phone may have been over by then. There is currently no mobile network in that area.

5th body extracted from debris in Dharali

At least four 4 deaths have been confirmed in the disaster that occurred after a cloudburst on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) in Dharali, an ecological sensitive area of Uttarakhand, while the 5th body has also been taken out. Officials said that about half of the Dharali has been covered in mud, debris and flood waters due to landslides. This village is a major stop of the road leading to Gangotri, the origin of Ganga and there are many hotels and homestands here.

190 people were rescued and brought to a safe place: Chief Minister

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed about the devastation caused by a cloudburst in Dharali on Wednesday (August 6, 2025). The Chief Minister said, ‘The Indian Army has so far rescued 190 people to a safe place. Prime Minister Modi has also assured us of all possible help, all the works are being done under his guidance. Appropriate treatment is being provided to all the injured by bringing AIIMS Hospital. Right now the road is interrupted there, an attempt is being made to correct it. As soon as possible, the weather is not correct as soon as possible, but we are engaged in relief rescue work.

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In Dharali village of Uttarkashi, a cloudburst at 1.45 pm on Tuesday afternoon has caused heavy havoc. Beautiful Uttarakhand, which is known for its natural beauty, where there is a crowd of roams, today there is a scene of destruction. Dharali village of Uttarkashi is pressed into the rubble and the rescue operation is going on there. Many people have died due to cloudburst here and many houses and hotels have been destroyed. Let us know how clouds burst and where do they bring so much water from.

What is a cloud burst?

The activity of heavy rain is called cloud bursting. But all the incidents of heavy rains are not called cloud bursting. There is a different definition of cloudburst. About 10 km x 10 km area is 10 cm in one hour. Or more rainfall is seen as a cloudburst. According to this definition, 5 cm in half an hour time in the same area. The rain can be called cloud bursting.

During the cloudburst, the annual rainfall becomes about 10% at some place. On an average, about 116 cm in a year at any place in India. It may be expected to rain.

How do clouds burst?

There are often incidents of cloudburst in the mountains. When the hot air rises from the ground towards the clouds and takes the drops of rain up. Due to this, the rain is not possible properly and moisture in the clouds accumulate in large quantities. At the same time, when the air going up becomes weak, then all the water stored in the cloud falls rapidly. This incident is called clouds. Going over the wind provides strength to drop the water down.

Where do the clouds bring so much water?

The cloud is a group of small drops of water or a group of ice crystals. When the water evaporates from the heat of the sun goes into the air, then it starts to cool upwards. When cooled, steam turns into small drops of water. These drops when all four gathering of dust particles and takes the form of clouds. In small clouds, there may be water from some grams to a large cloud to millions of tons.

Where a medium -sized cloud can contain water from a few tons to a few hundred tons. At the same time, there can be water from thousands of tons to millions of tonnes in a big cloud. Apart from this, there can be more than two billion pounds in a heavy thunder cloud. The clouds weigh a lot, but still it keeps floating in the sky.

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There has been a severe devastation caused by cloudburst in Dharahali of Uttarkashi, after which the administration is constantly doing a rescue operation. A quick deployment of senior police officers and special police forces has been done by the Uttarakhand government for disaster relief work. Of these, 300 police personnel including two IG, three SPs, one commandant, 11 deputy SP have been dispatched.

Keeping in view the seriousness of the natural disaster in the Dharali area of Uttarkashi district, the Director General of Police has immediately deployed senior police officers and special police forces to run relief and rescue operations effectively. So that relief work can be expedited. These officers have been dispatched immediately.

Two IG three SPs posted in Uttarkashi

Senior Police Inspector General of Police SDRF Mr. Arun Mohan Joshi, Inspector General of Police Garhwal Zone, Mr. Rajiv Swaroop, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Mr. Amit Srivastava (First) and Mr. Surjit Singh Panwar, Mrs. Shweta Choubey, 1 Deputy Commandant and 11 Deputy SP have been sent to Uttarkashi, who will lead to relief and coordination works.

Also, to make disaster management more empowered, 140 soldiers of the 40th Corps PAC (E Company) and IRB II, Dehradun’s C Company have also been sent to Northkashi.

Rescue operation intensified

In addition, a total of 160 policemen (from inspectors to reserve levels) have been sent to the affected area with necessary disaster relief equipment from Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri and Tehri districts, so that the local administration can be given rapid support to the local administration.

The purpose of these quick, coordinated and strong efforts is to make relief, rescue and rehabilitation work done with quickness and effectiveness by minimizing loss of life in the disaster affected area. Efforts are being made by the administration to provide assistance to every affected person as soon as possible. The police force has been instructed to do 24 × 7 continuously relief and rescue operations.

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