Floods In Uttarakhand

The assessment highlights the growing vulnerability of Himalayan countries to extreme weather events and multi-hazard disasters driven by climate change and fragile mountain terrain.

People living in the villages of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand are now left with the daunting task of rebuilding their damaged houses and coping with depleting rations.

Two members of a family from Barra-2 were among those killed in the floods in uttarakhand.Their driver also died.

Tears, emotions, reunions, sighs of relief, joy, greetings and prayers marked the arrival of some of the tourists of the state, who returned from flood-ravaged Uttarakhand on Saturday.

The horrific loss of life and property by floods in uttarakhand is shocking.Environmentalists now confirm that it was a man-made tragedy caused by rampant construction and destruction of the environment.

Even as the magnitude of the tragedy in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand continues to unfold, eyewitness accounts of survivors and information received by relatives indicate that at least 50 persons from Hyderabad alone are feared dead or missing.

The government on Saturday decided to step up rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as more rain is predicted for Monday.

Heavy floods in uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have hit the cane farmers, already facing problems because of non-payment of their dues by sugar mills.

Twenty-five tourists from Karnataka, who were stranded in flood-hit Uttarakhand, arrived in Bangalore via a flight from Dehradun on Sunday night.

Governor BL Joshi, UP ministers, officials and employees will donate their salary for the victims of floods in uttarakhand.

In the wake of the devastating flood in Uttarakhand there may be a slump in tourist inflow to the state during the upcoming car festival, Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) officials said yesterday.

Many citizens of the Industrial City are trapped in Uttarakhand. They all had gone on a pilgrimage in groups but now find themselves battling tough weather conditions following rains, cloudburst and landslides.

Heavy rain and floods in uttarakhand in the past one week may further rise the level of water in Ganga and Yamuna.

While at least five persons from two families in Ganjam district are still missing, 10 others from Cuttack have remained untraceable since the devastating flash floods rocked Uttarakhand.

While a sigh of relief was clearly visible on Nehal's face, her 14-year old brother Archit was quick to narrate the ordeal they underwent in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand.

Holding the Pushkar Singh Dhami government responsible for waterlogging in low-lying areas and floods in rural pockets of Haridwar district, former CM Harish Rawat on Wednesday said the situation is 40% natural and 60% manmade.

Delivering the keynote address at the 105th Goa chamber of commerce and industry (Gannual general meeting on Saturday, Suresh Prabhu, former Union minister for environment and forests, observed that ecology should not be endangered.

The pilgrimage of 64-year-old Saroj Laloriya, her five daughters and their husbands was cut short abruptly in Kedarnath, the abode of lord Shiva.

Exactly a year ago at least 400 people from the state were washed away in flash floods in uttarakhand, many relatives of victims are pinning are hoping against hope after they read the news of skeletons found in Rudraprayag forests which was published on Saturday.

It will take at least 3-4 months to rebuild highways damaged by the floods in uttarakhand.

Students and staff of Bhavan Vidyalaya of Chandigarh have embarked on an ambitious plan of building a school in the flood-struck Uttarakhand.

Despite the short notice, the 800-odd cooperative institutions in Dakshina Kannada have contributed Rs 77 lakh.

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has presented a cheque of Rs 1 crore and 22 tonnes of relief material worth about Rs 11 lakh have been sent by seven trucks for the villages affected by the flooding in Uttarakhand.

The district administration has prepared a special format of information for people to track missing and hospitalised people of the district affected in the recent floods in uttarakhand region.

NGOs involved in relief work say about 1.5 lakh people of which half are children have been displaced in Uttarakhand and are in urgent need for humanitarian aid. Women and children have been the worst affected by the devastation.

A group of 27 people from Dher Ke Balaji area in the city survived against all odds in flood-hit Uttarakhand and are back in their homes.

Uttarakhand CM Vijay Bahuguna on Friday criticized the hype created around the flash floods in his state, saying it scared away tourists and led to losses of hundreds of crores though only a particular area was affected.

Indian Air Force pilot K Praveen, who died in rescue operations during the flash floods in uttarakhand last year, is one of the Shaurya Chakra awardees this year.

Rescue and relief operations were intensified on a massive scale in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as multiple agencies evacuated the worst-affected Kedarnath.

The country has recorded 27% surplus rain so far this season, the IMD's weekly update stated on Friday.