Garhwal Commissioner Subardhan said that due to cloudburst and incessant rains on Wednesday near Nandprayag in Chamoli district, two persons died while one is missing in Takhna village, three km from Nandprayag while 12 houses were destroyed in Sonali village of Chamoli district.
Talking to media persons in his camp office at Pauri, Subardhan averred that relief work in the disaster affected area was on in full swing. Out of 1,254 damaged roads, 987 have been reopened for traffic with work on for reopening the other roads to traffic. He said that 293 villages are still without road connectivity in Garhwal so relief material is being supplied either by chopper or mules. On being questioned about failure to provide relief material in Panch village of Ukhimath tehsil and 32 trucks of relief material from Gujarat not being distributed, the Commissioner questioned the SDM concerned. The SDM informed that relief materials has been distributed in the said village though the material from Gujarat has not yet been distributed. Subardhan directed that this material be distributed immediately.
He said that 4465.65 quintal flour, 2151.90 quintal rice and 27910 packets of pulses, oil, salt and spices have been distributed to the disaster affected families in the region while Rs 34.25 crore has been given as monetary relief to the affected. He said that 236 persons died in the disaster including six in Uttarkashi, 27 in Chamoli, 138 in Rudraprayag, eight in Tehri, 19 in Dehradun and 38 in Haridwar district while 1853 persons missing include 36 from Uttarkashi, 55 from Chamoli, 709 from Rudraprayag, 64 from Tehri, 38 from Dehradun and 505 from Haridwar. The disaster destroyed 680 houses, damaged 2226 houses and killed 2019 animals in Garhwal.