Uttarkashi, Aug 10 (IANS) In Uttarkashi's Dharali region, where the Limchigad bridge, vital for transportation, was washed away during the August 5 cloudburst, cutting off transportation, intensive efforts are underway to restore connectivity.
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Eight people, including women and children, were killed in a wall collapse triggered by incessant rain in South East Delhi’s Jaitpur area, the police said on Saturday.
Dehradun, Aug 9 (IANS) Relief and rescue operations continued for the fifth day on Saturday in flash floods-hit Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said on Friday that they are working overtime to reconnect the Rishikesh-Gangotri road following the devastating cloudburst and incessant rains in Uttarakhand, which left hundreds of devotees stranded in Gangotri.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) In the flash flood and landslide-ravaged areas of Dharali and Harsil in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi District on Friday, over 357 civilians have been rescued so far through air and ground missions in the state.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) After days of anxiety and disrupted communication, ten pilgrims from Banaskantha district of Gujarat, who were stranded near Dharali in Uttarakhand following a devastating cloudburst, were successfully rescued by the Indian Army and airlifted to Rishikesh.
Uttarkashi, Aug 7 (IANS) As many as 274 individuals stranded in disaster-hit areas of Uttarkashi have been rescued and brought to Harsil on Thursday, bringing the total number of rescued people to 409, officials involved in the ongoing relief and rescue efforts confirmed.
Vladivostok, Aug 7 (IANS) The aviation alert code for Klyuchevskoy Volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East has been raised from orange to red following intensified eruptive activity, local authorities said on Thursday.
Dehradun, Aug 7 (IANS) Uttarakhand remains under a red alert with warnings of heavy to very heavy rainfall across several districts, as the monsoon continues to unleash devastation in the hill state.
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) At least 71 people have been killed and 86 others injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since the start of the monsoon season in late June, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) revealed in its latest figures, on Wednesday. The deceased, reported local media citing the latest figures shared by the PDMA, include 40 children, 17 men and 14 women.
