Heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Half a dozen houses were hit by debris in the Kuntari ward of Nandanagar Nagar Panchayat on Wednesday night, in which ten people were reported missing. Among them, 8 people have gone missing in Kuntari Laga Pali and 2 in Dhurma.

According to Chamoli District Disaster Management Center, two people have been rescued safely in this incident. NDRF and SDRF teams have reached the spot for relief and rescue operations. People have been asked to take shelter in safe places.

Trading face of landslides

According to information received from Chamoli District Disaster Management Center, this incident in Kuntari ward of Nandanagar stems from landslides due to heavy rains. Many houses were badly damaged due to debris and the lives of families were in crisis.

The CMO has sent a medical team with three 108 ambulances on the spot. The administration has intensified relief and rescue operations at the scene. Efforts are being made on a war footing to save the people trapped in the debris.

Relief teams are engaged day and night in search of missing people. Even a fortnight ago, about 16 houses had come under danger due to the land and deep cracks in the same ward. At that time 64 people were safely evacuated and transferred to relief camps.

List of missing people in accident

According to the information, Kunwar Singh (42 years) son Balwant Singh, Kanta Devi, wife Kunwar Singh (38), Vikas and Vishal son Kunwar Singh (10 years), Narendra Singh son Kutal Singh (40), Jagdamba Prasad son Khyali Ram (70), Bhagi Devi wife Jagdamba Prasad (65) are missing.

2 people are reported missing in village Dhurma of Tehsil Ghat Nandanagar. These include the names of Guman Singh son Chandra Singh (age 75) and Mamta Devi wife Vikram Singh (age 38).

River flood havoc in Mokh Valley

The flood of Mokh river in Dhurma village in Mokh Valley of Nandanagar has also wreaked havoc. Half a dozen houses were completely ruined due to flood debris. The local administration has issued an alert in the affected areas and has intensified the work of transferring people to safe places.

Relief work fast, Administration alert

The district administration has given instructions to provide immediate relief material for the affected families. NDRF and SDRF teams are conducting rescue operations in landslide affected areas. The Meteorological Department has issued an alert for heavy rain for the next few days in many districts of Uttarakhand including Chamoli, which has caused a risk of landslides and floods.

Punjab flood: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on the phone as soon as he returned to Delhi after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in Tianjin, China on Monday. During this time, he discussed the situation arising out of heavy rains and floods in the state and assured the Punjab government of all possible help and support.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on Sunday, in which he demanded immediate release of pending funds of Rs 60,000 crore from the Center in view of the floods in the state. He also appealed to amend the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), so that the affected farmers could be given compensation of at least Rs 50,000 per acre.

Concern also expressed on Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
In the letter, the Chief Minister also informed that the Central Government has recently canceled the projects worth Rs 828 crore of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana in Punjab, which can affect the state’s rural connectivity. The Chief Minister attracted central attention on this subject and demanded to revive the affected projects.

Warning of district and administration affected by heavy rains
Due to heavy rains, flood water entered many villages of Hoshiarpur district. At the same time, the Kapurthala district administration has appealed to the people of Sultanpur Lodhi region to visit safe places in view of the continuous rains and rising Beas river water level in the upper mountainous areas.

Vacation in schools and warnings for people
The state government has extended the period of closing all schools till September 3. Earlier these holidays were from 27 to 30 August. The Patiala district administration has advised the people not to go to the sides of Ghaggar and Tangri rivers and stay in safe places.

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In Himachal Pradesh, the monsoon rains caused havoc. The loss in disaster is increasing day by day. Himachal is not able to emerge due to heavy destruction due to cloudburst flash flood. Many problems have to be maintained in relief and saving work.

In Himachal Pradesh, this disaster has lost 749 crores so far. At the same time, 91 deaths, 131 injured, 34 missing, 207 roads have been closed, 132 transformers stalled, 812 drinking water schemes affected, 22385 animal birds flowed, 432 houses were completely destroyed, 928 houses have been damaged, 880 cowsheds have been damaged.

Rain will continue
Meanwhile, the rain period is also going on continuously. Due to which relief rescue operations in the mandi are facing difficulties. The Meteorological Department has projected the continuation of rain in Himachal Pradesh at present. During this time, heavy to heavy rains have also been forecast in many areas of the state.

Possibility of heavy rain till 12 July
Meteorological Center Shimla has also expressed the possibility of heavy rains in the district mandi, Shimla and Sirmaur on July 11 and 12. From July 13 to 16, there is a possibility of heavy rains in about 9 districts of the state. From July 13 to July 16, there is a possibility of heavy rains in the district’s district Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Kullu, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur.