Landslide In Uttarakhand Closes Badrinath Highway For Yatris Again, Floods Wreak Havoc In Gujarat

Heavy rainfall in Chamoli has resulted in the Badrinath National Highway shutting down again. Gujarat floods have caused damage to properties and many people were rescued by the National Disaster Response Force team.

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Updated on: 2 July 2023 9:08 am

Badrinath National Highway blocked

Heavy rains have lashed parts of Gujarat resulting in a flood-like situation. India Meteorological Department has predicted the very heavy rains to continue till July 2.

Gujarat Rains And Flood

A red warning was issued?by IMD for?Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Daman Dadra Nagar Haveli, Amreli?and Junagadh in Gujarat. They also mentioned water logging and flooding in most parts of low-lying areas in the city which might cause heavy traffic jam problems in all the routes of the cities. Predictions for riverine floods were also made for?Rangmati, Nagmati, Dhandhar?and Soni Rivers and their catchment areas.

Along with that IMD issued an orange alert for?Bharuch, Surat, Tapi and Gir. And yellow warning for some other parts of Gujarat.

On Friday and Saturday, several areas of South Gujarat along with Saurashtra and Kutchh received heavy rainfall causing water logging and floods.

According to reports, teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed in Kutch, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Navsari, which were some of the worst-affected districts.

The weather office further advised fishermen to not venture along or off the Arabian Sea till July 3 due to squally weather triggered by active monsoon conditions. Light to moderate rainfall is also very likely to prevail over several parts of Gujarat till July 5. ?

Incessant rainfall has caused the Auranga River in Gujarat's Valsad to flow above the danger level.??It entered the?low-lying residential areas of the city. Locals were evacuated to safer locations by the administration and police.

#WATCH | Gujarat | Auranga River in Valsad flows above danger level due to incessant heavy rainfall and enters low-lying residential areas of the city. Local administration and Police shifted several people to safer locations.

Visuals from earlier today. pic.twitter.com/OHcHPppCLm
— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2023

Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed on Twitter that, "the government is fully engaged in providing all possible help to the people affected by the flood-like situation in many places."

He also mentioned speaking to the Gujarat chief minister to inquire about the situation there. The CM met the affected families of Jamnagar recently.

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— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 2, 2023

Uttarakhand?landslides

Landslides in Uttarakhand resulted in the closing of the Badrinath National Highway in Chamoli district on Saturday. To control the traffic, it was opened on Friday but due to safety issues and continuous rainfall, the national highway got shut down again for the last one day.

#WATCH | Uttarakhand: Due to incessant rainfall in Chamoli district, the Badrinath National Highway (NH-7) has been closed for the last 13 hours at Lambagad and Khachada drains, due to which passengers are stuck. NHAI is working to open the highway. pic.twitter.com/SjfnZ8F960
— ANI (@ANI) July 2, 2023

There are a big number of pilgrims and tourists travelling to visit the Badrinath shrine at this time of the year and this highway closure has affected them. Reportedly the?National Highways Authority of India has started clearing the road to restart the commute soon.?

It was the heavy rains and flash floods that resulted in a landslide in Badrinath which led to the highway closing. Landslides occurred on Thursday morning near Chhinka due to heavy rainfall and the highway was closed for 17 hours. Several commuters were forced to spend the night inside their vehicles that day and to clear the road, the high way was opened on Friday.?

Reportedly the local administration made arrangements for the stranded communters to stay in Birhi, Chamoli, and Pipalkoti and they were provided with food.

Uttar Pradesh?

According to the IMD forecast, the East of Uttar Pradesh is likely to receive heavy rainfall in isolated places. The intensity is likely to decrease from tomorrow.

Heavy rainfall intensity over East UP is likely to decrease from tomorrow, the 02nd July into light to moderate rainfall but another heavy rainfall episode is likely to re-emerge from 04th July over the region.
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) July 1, 2023

IMD informed?on Twitter, "Under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over central parts of southern UP; Heavy rainfall is being realised over East UP on 3rd consecutive day since 29th June."

Bihar?

Over the past 24 hrs, Bihar has received very heavy rainfall of 13 cm, said IMD. Roads in Patna have also be reported to have been damaged due to the heavy showers.

#WATCH | Bihar: Roads damaged after heavy rainfall in Patna city. (30.06) pic.twitter.com/zqgs0DHNod
— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2023

Himachal Pradesh

According to reports, IMD scientist?Sandeep Kumar Sharma told the media, "So far, no alert has been issued to Himachal Pradesh. However, the risk of landslides along the national highways remains. The showers will continue even after July 4." Himachal Pradesh recently observed landslides and heavy rainfall which left 200 tourists stranded but currently,?the situation has gotten better.

Assam

The flood situation in Assam is getting better by the day, according to the latest reports the number of people affected by the floods has dropped to 20,000.