Six people, including three of a family, were killed and as many injured in Uttarakhand as heavy rains led to house collapses, flooding of areas and a rise in water levels in many rivers of the state, officials said on Thursday.
In Devchauli in Chamoli district, a woman and a child have been missing since Wednesday evening after a house collapsed, they said and added that a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team has left for the spot.
A residence in the Bharpur village near Roorkee in the Haridwar district collapsed as a result of heavy rain, resulting in the deaths of three individuals and injuries to over half a dozen who were buried under the debris, according to the police.
The injured individuals have been hospitalised.
The noise of the house collapsing was so intense that it frightened the local inhabitants, as per the police.
Heavy rain in Haridwar for several hours inundated the whole city and washed away a truck of kanwariyas in the Sukhi river in the Kharkhari area.
The police stated that the truck did not contain any kanwariyas, but it carried provisions and essential supplies for their return journey.
The kanwariyas claimed that when they parked the truck there, they were not informed about the area suddenly getting flooded during heavy rains.
Sanjeet Kandhari, the in-charge of Kharkhari police post, mentioned that the truck was observed floating in the water. He stated that the vehicle would be recovered once the rain subsided.
Due to sudden flooding after heavy rain on June 25, approximately twelve four-wheelers parked in the same dry riverbed were swept away.
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