Tharali town buried as rain drain overflows with debris; One dead

New Delhi: A woman died and another person went missing after heavy overnight rain caused a rain drain to overflow in Tharali town of Chamoli district early Saturday, flooding homes and markets with debris, officials said.

According to the State Emergency Operations Centre, the Tunri Gadhera rain drain breached around 1 am, sweeping muck into several houses in the tehsil complex, Chepdon and Kotdeep Bazaars, and nearby areas before merging with the Pindar river. The tehsil office was also filled with debris. The woman died after being buried under debris in her house in Sagwara village.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief over the death and directed swift relief efforts. Teams from the NDRF, SDRF and Indo-Tibetan Border Police are on the ground.


Water level in artificial lake in Syanachatti recedes by 12 feet

Water level in the artificial lake that formed in Syanachatti of Uttarkashi district after debris obstructed the flow of the Yamuna river has decreased by about 12 feet, officials said on Saturday.

Uttarkashi District Magistrate Prashant Arya said that the channel created in the artificial lake by disaster response teams to drain the water is bearing fruit.