Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the disaster-affected areas of Rudraprayag and Kedarnath route where roads broke due to river erosions and heavy rains on Thursday and inquired about the well-being of the devotees.
Instructions were sent by Dhami to the officials to take care of the situation. Seeing the effective action taken by the CM, the devotees expressed their gratitude.
Earlier on Thursday, the CM had conducted a field inspection of rescue and relief operations in the areas affected by heavy rains and disasters in the Beheda area of Tehri Garhwal district.
The Chief Minister met affected people in the area and enquired about their condition Dhami said, “There has been loss of life and property due to a cloudburst and heavy rains here last night.
3 people have died. There has been major damage to the bridges. Relief and rescue operations are going on. We are ensuring that the people who are in the disaster camp do not face any kind of trouble.”
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Further, he added “Restoration work will be done fast. We have asked to conduct Chardham Yatra as per the forecast of the Meteorological Department.
The NDRF and SDRF teams have reached the location where two bridges were washed away yesterday on the Kedarnath route and the stranded people are being evacuated.”
A video was shared by the office of CM Dhami on the social media platform X. In the video, CM Dhami can be seen meeting with affected people in the area.
रुद्रप्रयाग में अतिवृष्टि से प्रभावित क्षेत्रों का स्थलीय निरीक्षण कर अधिकारियों से राहत एवं बचाव कार्यों के साथ ही श्रद्धालुओं की सुरक्षा के दृष्टिगत की गई व्यवस्थाओं की जानकारी ली।
इस दौरान श्रद्धालुओं से बातचीत कर उनका कुशलक्षेम जाना और उन्हें सुरक्षा के लिए आश्वस्त किया। साथ… pic.twitter.com/P4fEBqaGie
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) August 1, 2024
“Chief Minister Dhami inspected the situation on the spot, met the local people during the on-site inspection and enquired about their well-being, the Chief Minister assured all possible help to the disaster-affected people!” the post reads.
Earlier, in Tehri, two people were found dead and another was injured after the trio went missing following a cloudburst at Jakhanyali in the Ghansali area of Tehri Garhwal district.
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