Uttarakhand Floods 2013 - Rare Images,Death toll raise 50

by **Admin** Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:52 pm

Uttarakhand Floods 2013 - Rare Images,Death toll raise 50

Uttarakhand Floods 2013- Rare Images,Death toll raise 50 due to heavy rains.
Flashfloods in river Ganga and its tributaries, triggered by incessant rains on Monday left a trail of death and devastation across Uttarakhand killing 50 people, and damaging over 160 buildings. Seventy-three houses were totally damaged in Rudraprayag, 60 in Pithoragarh, 19 in Uttarkashi, 10 in Dehradun and one each in Tehri and Bageshwar.

Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, who took information from District Magistrates on the extent of damage caused by the flashfloods through video conferencing, expressed grief at the loss of lives in the calamity describing it as a "huge" one.