Even as hundreds of disaster affected villagers in the mountainous regions struggle to cope with their lot, the toll in the continuing heavy rain mounted further as a child reportedly drowned after being swept away by the current of the water in Badhedi Rajputana village of Roorkee tehsil on Monday.
With light to medium rain being reported from various parts of the State till Monday noon, the level of water in the Ganga and other rivers has remained a couple of metres below the danger level.
According to information from the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), a report was received from Haridwar district about a child drowning to death at a village in Roorkee Tehsil on Monday.
Earlier, on Sunday, two persons reportedly drowned to death in the Jamalpur Khurd village. As on Monday, water logging was reported from various areas including Khanpur Birla factory, in the railway colony near Dhandera, Milapnagar colony in Roorkee and part of laksar village.
The fire services and police personnel along with villagers were undertaking efforts to drain the water out of the waterlogged areas. In Dehradun district, the level of water at the Triveni Ghat Mayakund dam in Rishikesh was 339. 17 metres with the danger level being 340.50 metres at 4 pm on Monday.
The Kalsi-Chakrata and Kwasi-Damta motor roads have remained blocked to traffic with efforts underway to clear the debris. A total of 21 rural roads are blocked in the district with work underway to clear them for traffic.
In the Uttarkashi district, the Rishikesh-Gangotri national highway number 108 is not open to traffic upto Gangotri while the Rishikesh-Yamunotri national highway number 94 is open for small and large vehicles up to Janakichatti apart from which 24 motor roads are blocked in the district.
In the Rudraprayag district, at 4 pm, the level of water in the Alaknanda river was reported to be 622.85 metres-with the danger level being 627 metres while it was measured at 621.90 metres in the Mandakini river with danger level set at 626 metres.
The Rishikesh-Badrinath national highway number 109 is blocked near Munkutia though the bridle path from Gaurikund to Kedarnath is open. A total 29 rural roads were reported blocked in the district. The Rishikesh Badrinath national highway is blocked at lambagadh with efforts underway to reopen it. A total of 71 motor roads were reportedly blocked in the district as on Monday evening.
In the disaster affected areas of Pithoragarh district, about 650 affected persons of different villages are reportedly sheltering in relief camps set up by the authorities in various locations. In the Udham Singh Nagar district, a total of 17 families were affected with their kutcha homes damaged by flooding. The authorities have provided necessary financial assistance apart from shifting the affected persons to safer locations.