60 people evacuated to safer places
Dehradun: Around 60 people in Devli village (Pauri district) were evacuated by the police force to safer places on Tuesday. Several villages in the district have remained cut-off and many roads closed due to landslides triggered by cloudburst and concomitant heavy rains in the region.
With help of Public Works Department, closed roads are being opened in the district now, said Garhwal Range Deputy Inspector General of Police Amit Sinha. Sinha who have camped in the district for the last two days kept monitoring the search and rescue operation in the flood-affected areas of Yamkeshwar tehsil (Pauri) and passing necessary instructions onto the police team.
The teams have distrusted food grains and other necessary items among the disaster-affected persons, living in low lying areas in the district, he added.
57 Reviewing officers transferred
Dehradun: Fifty seven Reviewing officers (RO) were transferred with immediate effect by the secretariat administration on Tuesday. They have been told to join their new places and report to the SAD as soon as possible.