Heavy rain triggers flash floods near Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine
Dehradun: A cloudburst occurred in Raipur block in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand in the early hours of Saturday, August 20.
The cloudburst was reported by locals at 2.45 am on Saturday in Sarkhet village in Raipur block. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team rushed to the spot after getting information.
“All the people stuck in the village were rescued while some took shelter in a resort nearby,” said SDRF.
“Due to the continuous torrential rains since yesterday, the Tamasa river flowing near the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Dehradun is in dangerous spate. On account of this contact of with the Vaishno Devi Cave Yoga Temple and Tapkeshwar Mahadev has been lost. By the grace of God, there has been no loss of life or property,” said Acharya Bipin Joshi, the founder of the temple.
Meanwhile, heavy rainfall triggered flash floods near the Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra town in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
In view of the heavy rains and flash floods, the movement of devotees to the Vaishno Devi temple was stopped for some time.
The Shrine board authorities said “In the wake of heavy rainfall, movement of pilgrims to Vaishno Devi temple has been stopped from Katra. Priority was being given to pilgrims coming down from the shrine. Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have already been deployed and the situation was being monitored. No untoward incident reported so far”.
Earlier in July, a cloudburst struck the holy cave area of Amarnath which resulted in a heavy discharge of water in the ‘Nallah’, adjoining the cave, following which the route to Amarnath was damaged.
Four Mi-17V5 and four Cheetal helicopters of the Indian Air Force were also deployed for rescue and relief efforts.
The Amarnath shrine pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Lord Shiva, located in the upper reaches of the Himalayas, takes place along the twin routes of Pahalgam and Baltal.
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