Pauri floods claim 8 lives in 2 days

With Pauri district still reeling under the havoc wreaked by the cloudburst-triggered heavy shower and consequent floods, two more people died in lansdowne Tehsil on Saturday, taking the toll in the district to eight. Alarmed over the situation, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, along with MlA Kotdwar Harak Singh Rawat , visited the flood-affected areas in the district on Saturday evening to monitor the ongoing rescue and relief works. 

Besides, earlier in the day, the CM convened a meeting with  the district magistrates through video conferencing and enquired about the situation in their respective districts. As per the Pauri district officials, two persons, a four-year-old boy and a housewife, were buried in the debris after their houses collapsed due to heavy rain in lansdowne Tehsil on Friday midnight. They died at Cantt Hospital at lansdowne on Saturday. They were identified as Sahil (4), son of Jai Singh and Deepa Devi (28), wife of Jai Singh, resident of levitha Tok village.

Eight people have so far lost their life in two days due to the flood in Kho river in Kotdwar, resulting in the collapse of their houses in Dwarikhal and Jharikhal blocks.

In village Bhetulee under Kaljikhal block, two jersey cows and 25 ducks were buried under the debris brought by the  landslides as the shelter at Kushlanand collapsed. Besides, ten houses located at village Jogiyana under Yamkeshwar Tehsil are under the threat of being washed away as Havel river is in spate. Those residing in them have been asked to   move to safer places. In Thallisain Tehsil, twenty goats were buried under the debris as  the shelter collapsed.  According to the district disaster control room, Pauri Tehsil has received 64 mm rains while lansdowne 95 mm, Thallisain 65mm, Dhumakot 126mm, Satpuli 53mm, Yamkeshwar 70 mm, Chakisain 37 mm and Chaubattakhal 20 mm till 10 am on Saturday. Four State highways and 39 other roads remained blocked for traffic on Saturday.