Torrential rains ravaged Uttarakhand on Monday, destroying buildings and causing landslides which breached the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri shrines and left three people dead and five others missing. Photos/PTI
A private defence training academy on the outskirts of Dehradun also collapsed amid the incessant rains.
Rudraprayag district disaster management officer Nandan Singh Rajwar said a landslide hit a camp at Lincholi near Kedarnath, killing one person identified as 26-year-old Kalu Bahadur from Nepal.
Two bodies were also recovered from rain-fed streams near Shiv Mandir and Miranagar areas in Rishikesh. One of them has been identified as 35-year-old Dinesh Panwar, a resident of Amit Gram. The other body is being identified, an official at AIIMS, Rishikesh where the bodies have been kept said.
Heavy rains triggered the landslide whose debris fell on a resort in the area trapping four-five people under it, Senior Superintendent of Police, Pauri, Shweta Choubey told PTI over phone.
Rescue and relief teams have reached the spot and a search operation has been started, she said. Dhami, in a Facebook post, said heavy casualties have been reported due to rains in Pauri which is extremely sad. Swollen rivers inundated many districts with surging rain water entering buildings and submerging vehicles.
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