New Tehri: A cloudburst hit Devprayag within the Tehri district of Uttarakhand on Tuesday (May 11), razing two municipal buildings to the bottom and damaging several shops.
It additionally damaged pedestrian bridges, water pipelines and electrical energy provide traces, an official stated.
The cloudburst occurred over the Shanta river, inflicting inundation of areas alongside its banks with an enormous quantity of slush containing boulders, SHO of the Devprayag police station Mahipal Singh Rawat stated.
Cloudburst was reported at 5 pm at the moment. Around 12-13 shops and several different properties have been damaged. Since most of those shops have been closed attributable to lockdown, no casualty has been reported but. Water degree is on the rise right here, rescue operation underway: MS Rawat, SHO Devprayag pic.twitter.com/GyMxnNzelq
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Cloudburst was reported at 5 pm at the moment. Around 12-13 shops and several different properties have been damaged. Since most of those shops have been closed attributable to lockdown, no casualty has been reported but. The water degree is on the rise right here, rescue operation underway: MS Rawat, SHO Devprayag added.
Two municipality buildings, together with the multi-purpose Nagar Palika Bhawan, caved in after being hit by the rubble introduced down by the cloudburst, he added.
Various shops within the Dashrath Danda Parvat space of Devprayag have been additionally damaged within the cloudburst, the SHO stated.
However, there was no lack of life as folks have been alert and had moved to secure places just like the bus stand and police station premises, he stated.
Municipal Commissioner KK Kotiyal stated the extent of injury is but to be assessed.
