Rescuers battled heavy rain and blocked roads in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Aug 6, after four deaths in sudden flooding and landslides the previous day left dozens missing and an entire village submerged under sludge.
Rescuers battled heavy rain and blocked roads in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Aug 7, after four deaths in sudden flooding and landslides on Aug 5 left dozens missing and an entire village submerged under sludge.
Teams of army and disaster force rescuers used heavy machinery to move boulders in the struggle to reach the village of Dharali, where homes and roads were submerged by a flood of water, mud, and rocks, media and the authorities said.
The Indian Army said 70 people were brought to safety on Aug 6, while the state’s Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told news agency ANI that about 130 were rescued the previous night.
