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Floods Sweep away Houses and Roads in India
- Published_at:2013-06-17
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:cipiripilala
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- description: Floods Sweep away Houses and Roads in India At least 23 people have died and 50 more remain missing after torrential downpours in northern India swept away roads, buildings and vehicles. One building collapse today killed at least three people who were washed away when an entire apartment block toppled into a river, a government spokesman said. Most of the destruction is concentrated in the state of Uttarakhand, where the Ganges river and its tributaries are flowing at dangerously high levels. More than a dozen people have died in the state's Rudraprayag district alone, while another 50 people were missing, according to Amit Negi, an official in Uttarakhand. Another landslide triggered by the monsoon rains buried a bus, killing three people in Almora district. Adding to the crisis, many more people have been left totally stranded in their homes by collapsing roads and bridges. More than 10,000 pilgrims on a mountain pass leading to a Hindu religious site had to be evacuated by helicopter after roads to the pilgrimage spot were unusable. In response, army and paramilitary troops are leading efforts to rescue scores of people from the rooftops of their flooded homes. The state government has prepared food parcels and drinking water pouches to be air dropped to villages cut off now that so many roads were washed away. 'The situation is very grim. The meteorological office has predicted that the rain will continue for another three days at least,' an official said today. State authorities were also preparing to evacuate people from the worst-hit districts to relief camps, he said. Flood warnings have been issued across Udhampur district and in the Hindu holy city of Haridwar as rivers breached their banks. India's capital, Delhi, has also been hit by the heavy rains as many roads were flooded after recent blistering summer heat. Delhi airport was affected after more than four inches of rain fell in five hours on Sunday afternoon. Passengers were seen having to wade knee-deep in water to get to Terminal 3. The flooding is an annual occurrence in India, which depends on the monsoon rains for agriculture. The heavy downpours often cause loss of life and property and has come two weeks early this year.
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