Uttarakhand: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday had talks with the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to make an over all assessment of the in the hill state after heavy rains and floods.
“PM Modi spoke to Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and Minister from Uttarakhand Ajay Bhatt. PM took stock of the situation arising due to heavy rains in the state,” media sources said.
Amid heavy rainfall and floods in the state yesterday Uttarakhand Governor Lt General Gurmit Singh met PM Modi.
Earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Minister took detailed information from officials concerned about the situation of excessive rainfall in the state. He has been taking stock of the situation from the disaster control room of the state’s secretariat.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Uttarakhand with a forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the state on Monday.
“Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls very likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh,” the weather department said in its daily weather bulletin issued on Monday morning.
As a precautionary measure, the Badrinath Yatra has been halted and passengers en route to Badrinath were stopped in safe places.
Uttarakhand Flood
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