DEHRADUN, Aug. 10, 2023 (TBINN)
Nine people have died in separate rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours across Uttarakhand as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took stock of the situation and directed all district magistrates to stay alert.
One person is missing in the incidents which also left around half a dozen people injured. Two siblings were killed and a third got injured when the hut they were sleeping in was hit by a land-slide amid incessant rains in Gaurikund, the base-camp of Kedarnath Yaatra. This was the second land-slide in Gaurikund in five days.
The shack near helipad in Gaurikund Village was hit by a land-slide from the top of hill, burying four of a family in debris, Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar said.
A woman named Janaki emerged unhurt out of the debris while her three children got buried under it, he said. On getting the information, rescue teams reached the spot, pulled out the children and took them to a local government hospital.
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