The work of evacuating the trapped devotees in the vicinity of Opdest Dharali village of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand continued on Friday. Rescue and relief operations are being carried out by air due to the damage to several routes including Gangotri National Highway.

According to information received from Uttarkashi District Emergency Campaign Center, 80 devotees and locals have been transported from Harshil to Matli Helipad of ITBP via helicopter from this morning. A total of 452 people have been taken out so far.

According to the Center, on Thursday, 260 devotees and local people were brought to Matli from Harshil and 112 others from Harshil to Jollygrant Airport near Dehradun.

Use of Chinook and M-17 helicopters

Apart from the Uttarakhand government, Army Chinook and M-17 helicopters are being used to get people out.

Advanced equipment is also being transported on the spot by air through Chinook and MI-17 to search for missing people in the debris pile in Dharali. Food and other essential materials are also being sent through helicopters in the affected areas.

An official of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said that due to the broken roads at various places, more emphasis is being laid on the air route for the rescue operation.

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State Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has been camping at Uttarkashi district headquarters since Wednesday to oversee rescue and relief work.

Dhami said in a post on Facebook, “.. I reviewed the relief and rescue operations issued in Kaal Dharali in the morning. With the help of Heli Seva, MI 17 and Chinook helicopters, people are being evacuated by running a relief campaign on a war footing since morning. ”

He said that the officials have been given necessary guidelines regarding the restoration of road, communication and electricity as well as food grains supply. Dhami said, “We are trying to rescue all the affected and restore normal life as soon as possible.”

The Chief Minister said that full support is being received from the central government in the rescue and relief campaign.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and former Union Minister Uma Bharti has questioned the government of her own party on the Dharali accident. The BJP leader has advised the Bharatiya Janata Party and BJP governments in the mountainous states in a series post on social media site X. He has written that we should not sin.

Uma Bharti wrote on social media site X- The horrific tragedy in Himachal and Uttarakhand is giving us a big warning. It is very important to maintain the balance of nature, environment, tourism and faith by immediately on the development process of Himalayan states. ISRO immediately returned the report of ISRO who came immediately after the tragedy of Joshimath. We ignored that warning.

He wrote that the root cause of the tragedy in Dharali and Harshil is not just the cloud bursting, but the natural rhythm made on the top of Dharli on the top of the mountain is filled out of the border due to heavy rains and some of them were filled with water falling from the mountains, taking heavy debris together, all the destruction and loss of life. These are natural rhythms, but now some power projects are being made in the mountains with theft and with some permission, which are Joshimath, Dharli or Harshil, loss of life and the price of the nation are being destroyed.

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‘We BJP people …’

The former Union Minister wrote- The Ganga Action Plan of the Ministry of Water Resources was formed from 2014 October to 2016 and it was also launched, they can apply to all the rivers of the Himalayas and Himalayas. But after that she stopped, including the affidavit given by the Ministry of Ganga in the Supreme Court. Now let us start it again.

Advising the BJP and the government in question, Uma wrote that the Ganges and its tributaries also survive, the Himalayas are also left, there should also be faith, development and employment in the mountains should also increase, but there is no destruction in the cover of development. Which have become unlikely by applying in pieces. We do not sin to destroy the people of BJP, Himalayas, Ganga and other Neera rivers on our time and stop any such possibility in future.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met the disaster victims of Dharali at Uttarkashi PWD Guest House. After meeting the CM, one of the victims, Mahendra Chauhan said that my sister, brother -in -law and nephew are stranded there. His phone switch off since the disaster tomorrow.

Mahendra said that CM Dhami has assured that the heli service will be started soon so that people can be saved from the spot. My sister, her husband and her child are missing since yesterday. I have not been able to talk to him since this incident.

Mahendra looked emotional while talking to the journalist. He said that the last time was talked about between 1-1.30 pm. He could not be contacted since then. CM has assured that you will be delivered to you as soon as possible.

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Every life is valuable for us- CM Dhami

Earlier on Wednesday, August 6, the Chief Minister surveyed the flood -affected area by helicopter. He told, ‘Rescue work is being done fast. Teams of Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force and State Disaster Response Force have reached the spot. About 70-80 people have been rescued … a road is blocked. District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police level officials have left on the spot. This is a challenging situation because it is still raining there.

Dhami said that food and medicines have been arranged and 160 police personnel including three Superintendent of Police officials have been deployed to distribute ration and monitor it. He said that three senior officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been made a nodal officer for relief and rescue operations.

On Monday night, a cloudburst in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand has caused huge havoc. Flood waters with heavy rains have damaged houses, roads and bridges. It can be clearly seen in the video of the incident that along with the strong currents of water, large quantities of soil, stones and plants are also flowing.

What is cloud bursting

To know what happens, the ABP Live team talked to Mahesh Akhwat to know what happens and why clouds burst. Those who gave information about the causes of cloudburst and the circumstances said that according to the definition of cloudburst, if there is 100 millimeters or more rainfall in an hour at some place, then it is considered to be a cloud burst. This incident is also possible in the plains, but its effect in the mountains is more frightening.

Cloud bursting in hilly areas is made dangerous

Cloudburst incidents are more dangerous in the hilly areas, because there is no deposition of water. Due to slopes, rain water flows rapidly and gets into rivers, which makes their flow very fast. This is the reason that rivers also take soil, rocks and other debris with them, which causes mass havoc.

Monsoon turf reasons for heavy rains

Expert said that at present, the main reason for heavy rains in the mountainous states of North India, especially Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, is to bow down to the Terai regions of “Axis of Monsoon Turf”. Whenever it comes towards the Turf Futhells i.e. Terai areas, then there is excessive rain. In this situation, moisture winds from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal come towards the mountainous regions, which increases the chances of becoming clouds and bursting. He said that, we had issued a red alert for the last two days. Similar situations were also created during the Kedarnath disaster in 2013. “

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Rescue operation may be interrupted

The meteorologist has warned that good rains are likely to continue in many areas for the next 12 hours, which may cause relief and rescue operations. However, he hoped that there may be a slight decrease in the intensity of rain from tomorrow, which will provide some relief in the rescue operation. But this relief is not going to last long. From August 12, there is a possibility of heavy rains once again, which can lead to incidents like landslide. In such a situation, in this window of the next three-four days, we have to complete the rescue operation fast.

Let me tell you that rescue work in Uttarkashi is going on fast and the administration is completely in alert mode. The local people have been appealed that they should be cautious and unnecessarily go towards the rivers or sensitive areas.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted an aerial survey of cloudburst and flood affected areas at Dharli in Uttarkashi. After this, while talking to reporters, the CM said that all the agencies are engaged in relief and rescue work.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, ‘Now all our agencies are working in the disaster that has come here tomorrow and the people of the army are also working. In the rescue operation, all the people including ITBP, SDRF, NDRF and local people are engaged in rescue operations. Yesterday 130 people were rescued. Search and rescue operations continue. The roads and some bridges have become difficult to reach the spot due to damage. The Disaster Operations Center at Dehradun is working 24 hours to provide all possible assistance. We are trying to evacuate all. I want to thank Prime Minister Modi for providing all possible help. Prime Minister Modi still took details of the rescue operation.

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PM Modi spoke to CM Dhami

Earlier, the Chief Minister’s Office of Uttarakhand said in a statement- Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on the phone and inquired about the recent disaster and relief and rescue operations in Dharli area of Uttarakhand district. Chief Minister Dhami told the Prime Minister that the state government is engaged in relief and rescue operations with full readiness. There are difficulties in some areas due to continuous heavy rains, but all the concerned agencies are working coordinated to provide quick assistance to the affected people. Prime Minister Modi assured all possible assistance from the central government.