Dehradun/Jaipur: Cloudbursts in at least two Uttarakhand districts led to landslides and subsequently flash floods on Wednesday. In Nilchami, located about 20 km away from Ghansali village of Tehri district, cloudbursts resulted in floodwater ravaging irrigation canals, agricultural facilities, and crops. Despite no loss of life being reported so far, alarming visuals from the area displayed debris rushing down a mountainside before being plowed downstream.
In Gharda village of Jakholi, a remote area of Rudraprayag district of the state, a rise in water levels in the Hilaun river owing to cloudburst and subsequent rains led to the damages being dealt to residences, cattle barns, temples and other structures. A JCB machine was deployed by the Public Works Department in Rudraprayag has been assigned to clear up debris in the area.
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Due to overnight rains, agricultural lands have been affected in Gharda as well as other nearby villages such as Tunkhar, Makhet, Kot, Saklana etc. Residents of the area, meanwhile, complained of indifference from the local administration. "The machine was deployed for work at around 9 am this morning.
After a while, MLA Bharat Singh Chowdhary appeared and they were forced to take back the machine to let him pass. A 3 km long traffic jam has been created here. We intimated the MLA of our problems, but to no avail. No district administration official has arrived to check the situation," said a local resident.
Meanwhile, Indian Army personnel were deployed on Wednesday in Rajasthan's Bundi district to rescue close to 300 people amid flood-like situations. The people were trapped in a low-lying area near the Mej river in Lakheri region of the district. In Kota district, on the other hand, District Collector O P Bunkar informed that nearly 2,000 people had been shifted to safer places, but added that residents in four to five villages had not yet been able to find their way out.
