Uttarkashi Cloudburst Disaster: Those 58 seconds... could not even run to save their lives, 4 dead; over 60 trapped
Uttarkashi Cloudburst Disaster: Seeing the debris coming towards the village in Dharali village of Uttarkashi, there was a lot of screaming and shouting, because it seemed as if a dam filled with mud and debris had burst there. People were seen screaming badly in panic. 'Oh, it has been swept away, oh my mother, oh my mother, younger uncle'.. and who knows what else', the sounds of screaming and shouting came from there.
58 seconds... could not even run to save their lives
The devastation caused by the cloudburst in Dharali village of Uttarakhand is being discussed everywhere. The death of 4 people has been officially confirmed in this huge natural disaster, while 130 people have been rescued. Hundreds of people are missing in Dharali village. According to the administration, a cloud burst over the Kheerganga river at around 1.30 pm on Saturday afternoon, after which there was chaos there. Within a few seconds, millions of tons of debris reached Dharali village along with the flood.
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After this there was chaos there. People started screaming to save their lives, but the flood that arrived at the speed of lightning swallowed the entire village in 58 seconds. Several meters of debris accumulated in the village. Some houses were completely buried in the pile of debris, their name and trace was erased. As soon as the news was received, an army contingent reached there within 10 minutes. The district administration came into alert mode. NDRF, SDRF teams are engaged in relief and rescue work.
How many died and how many were buried? God knows
Without losing time, instructions were issued to provide all possible help to the victims, because a cloud burst on a mountain in Dharali village of Uttarkashi and the debris that came from there destroyed everything there. After the cloud burst, millions of tons of debris came down at lightning speed. No one got a chance to recover or understand anything. In no time, the roaring flood swept away the hotels, shops and people's houses in Dharali market.
Run, run, there will be a terrible explosion
Seeing the debris coming towards the village, there was a lot of screaming and shouting, because it seemed as if a dam filled with mud and debris had burst there. Whatever came in the way of the flood that was completely vanished. People were seen screaming badly in panic. 'Oh, I have been swept away, oh my mother, oh my mother, younger uncle'... and many more screams came from there. People were shocked to see the devastation in front of their eyes, because when the flood coming down from the mountain hit the houses built there, a soul-stirring scene was seen.
Amidst the chaos, some women present in a house were seen screaming to alert their relatives. Hey call, hey call, you mad man call, hey baba.. the onlookers were shouting. The flood coming from the hill through Kheer Ganga river merged into Bhagirathi river in the blink of an eye, but during this time it caused devastation there.
How many people would be trapped, dead, will be known gradually.
Before Gangotri, near Harshil.. in Dharali Market Hotel Area.. due to the sudden very fast flow in the mountain stream, there has been a lot of damage to the houses and hotels present nearby. According to the administration, there is no information about the injured, missing people yet, the way the fast flow has come, it seems that this devastation has happened due to cloudburst. At present, SDRF, NDRF, Army, local administration are engaged in rescue operation.
Signs of devastation all around
The drain in Dharali village of Uttarakhand is overflowing. Now only signs of devastation can be seen all around in Dharali village. Due to cloudburst, nature wreaked such havoc in Dharali village that there was an outcry in the whole country. The debris that came down from the mountain through the Kheerganga river tore the village into two parts. Most of the houses of the village are buried under millions of tons of debris, or say a mountain of debris.
Devastation shook them to the core
After the cloudburst over the Kheerganga river, the flood and debris in the river destroyed the existence of Dharali village. People were terrified seeing this havoc of nature that rained from the sky, because the immense water and debris that came from the mountain into the Kheerganga river created chaos there. Seeing this disaster in Dharali village, the people living nearby trembled badly. The people present on the hill captured this havoc of nature on their mobile phones, but the devastation in Dharali village during this time shook them to the core. According to the people, such a disaster had never happened in Dharali village before. People suspected that many people present in the village died in this terrible disaster, because according to the people, the flood descended from the mountain into the Kheerganga river so fast that the people present in the village did not even get a chance to run away.
Houses and hotels were swept away like straws
This disaster created panic not only in Uttarakhand but in the entire country. It is being claimed that at the time when the cloud burst, a large number of people were present in the village, but no one had any idea that their lives would be destroyed within a few minutes.
Summary
Nature wreaked such havoc there that after seeing it, people were filled with panic. Most of the houses and hotels present in Dharali village were swept away like straws after coming under the grip of the flood that came after the cloud burst.
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