Man drowns, another missing after heavy rain lashes Uttarakhand

Dehradun, August 21

A man died after being swept away in a swollen stream, while another went missing in a separate incident as heavy rain flooded water bodies in a few parts of Uttarakhand, officials said on Wednesday.

Manish Sati, a 29-year-old motorcyclist, was swept away in a swollen stream in the Kotabagh area of Nainital district late on Tuesday evening, the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) here said. An SDRF team recovered his body after much effort, it said.

In another incident on Tuesday evening, strong currents of a river in Purukul village of Dehradun district swept away two men, police said. While the locals managed to rescue one, a search operation is underway for the other man, they said.

Heavy overnight downpour in more than half a dozen villages in the Dhuttu area of Tehri district damaged a house and led to the death of some livestock, the SEOC said.

Heavy rain lashed various parts of the state, including Dehradun which received torrential showers overnight, coupled with thunder and lightning.

Water accumulated in Dehradun at places such as the FRI, Kaulagarh, Hathi Barkala, Ganesh Enclave and Lakkhibagh where water was drained out with the help of Municipal Corporation and Fire Department teams.

Over the last 24 hours, 110 mm of rain was recorded in the Kaladhungi area of Nainital, 96 mm in Chorgalia, 86 mm in Haldwani, 108 mm in Karnaprayag of Chamoli, 70 mm in Gadarpur of Udham Singh Nagar district, 90 mm in Tejam of Pithoragarh.