New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the loss of lives due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand. He also expressed grief over the loss of lives in the recent floods in Orissa.
Heavy rains have wreaked havoc in Pauri and other districts of Uttarakhand killing 24 people in separate incidents of cloudburst, house collapse and landslides since Friday. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of lives due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand and extends his condolences to families of the deceased,” said a government statement on Saturday.
Seven persons including a woman were killed when three houses were buried in a landslide following heavy showers in the wee hours of the day, taking the toll to 24 in rain-related incidents in two days in Uttarakhand.
Rains triggered a landslide in the hills and the rubble fell on the three houses occupied by different families, a police official said. Seven bodies including that of a woman have been pulled out of the debris of the houses, the police said.
- With the Rapti in UP flowing above the danger level, the Centre on Saturday issued a warning of “high flood situation”.
- Thousands of people in Darbhanga, West Champaran and Nalanda districts in Bihar have been affected by floods.
- The North Eastern Space Application Centre has sounded flood alert in low lying areas of Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district after incessant rains in the past 48 hours.
- Many villages in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts in West Bengal have been submerged by the flood waters of the Duduya and Sankosh.
