SRINAGAR: A village was washed away and around 50 people were feared missing after a major cloudburst struck Dharali area near Harsil in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi on Tuesday.
The Uttarkashi Police as per NDTV report said that, due to the rising water level of Kheer Gadh in the Harsil area, reports of damage in Dharali have prompted police, SDRF, army, and other disaster response teams to engage in relief and rescue operations at the site”.
Scary visuals of the cloudburst emerged, showing houses being swept away with the force of the triggered flood. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, local administration has launched major rescue and relief operation to find out the missing individuals.
