Monsoon effect: Nainital officials' leaves cancelled, Kumaon on high alert

In view of rains and warning of more in the coming days, Nainital district administration has cancelled leaves of the officials concerned while putting the administrative machinery on alert.In view of incessant rain for the past two days and warning of heavy rainfall by the weather department in the next two days, high alert has been sounded across Kumaon  region.

The district magistrate, Nainital, Deepak Rawat said that leaves of all the district level officials  have been cancelled in view of the situation.  More so, the officials have been instructed not  to leave the district withoutprior approval, he added.Stressing on the need of coordination, Rawat asked the officials to  keep their phones open, saying in view of the incessant rain,  possibility of flood and landslides cannot be ruled out.

At the same time, the Nainital district administration has asked the officials to keep the disaster control room (with telephone numbers 05942- 231178 and 05942- 231179 and  toll free number -1077) in the district open round the clock. Champawat district administration is also gearing up to face any situation with rains continuing. It has also activated its disaster control room telephone number 05965-230819 and toll free 1077, asking the officials to provide all the weather-related information to the disaster control room.