Cloudbursts, floods and landslides brought on by incessant rain over the past 48 hours have left a trail of destruction across north India, killing at least 60 people, injuring scores and leaving thousands stranded. Uttarakhand has borne the brunt. At least 60 people have died and floods have washed away four hundred roads, scores of telephone towers, 100 FOUR WHEELERS AND MORE THAN 200 TWO WHEELERS and houses as well as a helicopter and left some 57,000 pilgrims to Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri stranded. The Army has been called in to rescue them as well as local villagers. In the worst-affected Rudraprayag, rescue workers have found bodies of five of the 11 people believed to have been killed in a cloudburst near Rambada near Kedarnath. Two persons are feared dead in a landslide in the area and several are missing. The famous Kedarnath temple is inaccessible as the bridge to it has been washed away. ------------------------THANKS GOD WE HAD RETURNED--------------------------------..
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:20 +0000
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