Heavy rainfall, cloudburst alert issued in Uttarakhand
In Uttarakhand, heavy rains have raised the people’s trouble. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has issued an alert with heavy rain warning in the coming days. The Meteorological Department believes that there is a possibility of cloud burst in the state, in order to avoid any kind of catastrophe, people have been asked to stay alert.
Meteorological Department director Bikram Singh on Friday informed that a warning has been issued for the alert on Saturday, July 21 and the red alert for the 22nd. Even after this there is no hope for relief, heavy and very heavy rains can run continuously for 7 to 8 days.
Color codes are issued to depict the severity of the warning. Yellow alerts for small incidents, while Orange Alert is issued in view of big events. But the Red Alert means heavy heavy rain and consequently there is a great danger and loss.
According to the Meteorological Department, there will be landslide incidents in many places, due to which the roads will be closed. The education department of the state has instructed not to mark the students absent even if they do not turn up during these days. It has also made it clear that if there is heavy rainfall, then the guardians will not send their children to the school.
During heavy rains in the border area of Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand on Friday, the debris of landslide fell on a tin shed built on the road side. Two laborers and two children living in it died due to this.
