Heavy rain places Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag on alert as Alaknanda, Mandakini rivers swell; IMD points 4-day warning
As relentless rain continues to lash Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, the water ranges of the Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers have risen, prompting the administration to stay on excessive alert and carefully monitor the scenario amid fears that the rivers might close to the hazard mark within the coming days.
Following persistent rainfall since Wednesday morning, the water stage of the Alaknanda River elevated from 622 metres above sea stage on Tuesday to 622.5 metres on Wednesday, YEARS reported.
Monsoon arrived in Uttarakhand on June 30 and have become lively throughout the state by Wednesday, bringing intermittent rainfall to a number of areas, together with Dehradun.
The IMD has additionally issued orange alerts for 5 districts-Nainital, Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal and Udham Singh Nagar-where mild to reasonable rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms has been forecast.
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Alerts to be despatched on WhatsApp if warning stage reached
Officers mentioned river ranges are being carefully monitored amid rising inflows from the higher Himalayan areas.
Rajwar mentioned the present water stage stands at 622 metres above sea stage, whereas the warning stage is 626 metres and the hazard stage is 627 metres.
“The water stage within the area has reached 622 meters attributable to rainfall within the higher Himalayan areas. The warning stage is 626 meters above sea stage, and the harmful stage is 627 meters. When the water stage approaches the warning stage, alerts are despatched out through WhatsApp teams, bulletins are made utilizing autos, and personnel go to the bottom to warn folks,” he mentioned.
He added that after the river reaches the warning stage, the administration will concern alerts by means of WhatsApp teams, make public bulletins utilizing autos and deploy floor groups to warn residents in weak areas.
In view of the evolving scenario, the District Catastrophe Management Room is carefully monitoring water ranges in each rivers, the report added.
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IMD’s warnings for Uttarakhand
In the meantime, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) in Dehradun has issued a heavy rainfall alert for Rudraprayag until July 4, with the district administration urging residents to stay vigilant.
Authorities have suggested folks to keep away from rivers, streams and landslide-prone areas, and appealed to residents to observe official advisories in the course of the interval of anticipated heavy rainfall.
The continuing downpour has additionally disrupted transport in components of the state. Site visitors motion has been affected on the Badrinath Nationwide Freeway in Chamoli district and alongside the Kedarnath Yatra route in Rudraprayag attributable to falling particles and stones from hillsides.
Officers mentioned the motion of autos and pedestrians on the Sonprayag-Munkatiya street in Rudraprayag has been briefly suspended as a precautionary measure to make sure the security of pilgrims.
Amid the evolving monsoon scenario, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday reviewed the state-level pre-monsoon mock drill carried out on the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Dehradun.
The train, held throughout all 13 districts, was aimed toward strengthening preparedness for monsoon-related disasters, enhancing inter-departmental coordination and assessing the effectiveness of the state’s catastrophe response mechanism.
(Inputs from ANI and PTI)
