Uttarakhand Disaster In Pics ,help Line Nos...

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]Uttarakhand has borne the brunt. At least 30 people have died and floods have washed away four hundred roads, scores of telephone towers, vehicles 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.
Houses are submerged as trucks flow in flood waters of the Bhagirathi River in Shrinagar district in Uttarakhand. (AP)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]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.
A view of the overflowing Mandakini River damaging houses in Kedarnath Valley. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]The overflowing Mandakini River damaging houses in Kedarnath Valley. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]The overflowing Mandakini River reaches the houses in Rudraprayag district. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]Two persons are feared dead in a landslide in the Rudraprayag area and several are missing. The famous Kedarnath temple is inaccessible as the bridge to it has been washed away.
A view of the overflowing Mandakini River damaging the bridge over it in Kedarnath Valley. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]"Rambada mein zyada nuksan hua hai," Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna told a press conference Monday.
Flooded river Ganga flowing 1.5 meters above the danger mark following heavy rains in Haridwar. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]"Uttarakhand is in grip of unprecedented rain and floods. I am trying my best to collect information from various districts to assess the situation. About 400 roads have been damaged. Bridges have been swept away. Helicopters are ready but the weather is not favouring us," Vijay Bahuguna said.
A house caves in during flooding in river Ganga due to heavy rains in Uttarkashi. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]Rambada is a base camp for pilgrims to Kedarnath. Reports said at least 40 hotels near Gaurikunda, from where pilgrims start their journey to the temple on foot, and a market at Sonprayag have been washed away by a raging Mandakini river. Some 3,000 pilgrims have reportedly taken shelter with villagers in Gori.
People walk on a road which was caved in after incessant rains on Rishikesh-Mana highway near Joshimath district in Uttarakhand. (AP)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]In Chamoli, a group of seven foreign trekkers are believed to be trapped at Ghattauli near Badrinath. And the authorities evacuated Pandukeshwar village after Alaknanda changed course.
A flooded Badrinath highway road is seen near Joshimath district in Uttarakhand. (AP)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]National Disaster Response Force personnel has sent 50 personnel to Haridwar "but they are unable to move ahead because of the damage to roads."
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) arrive to rescue stranded Sikh devotees from Hemkunt Sahib Gurudwara, a religious Sikh temple, to a safe place in Chamoli district. (AP)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]Meanwhile, unrelenting skies poured 375 mm more rain on Dehradun. "This is a new record," Anand Sharma, director of Dehradun Meterolgical Centre, said. He predicted more rain over the next 72 hours.
People gather at the site of a road accident on the Hardiwar-Mana national highway. (AP)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]In Himachal Pradesh, heavy rain and floods have killed 11 people, damaged much of the road and communication network in the worst-affected Kinnaur district and left some 1,700 tourists stranded, including Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Bulldozer and other vehicles are drifted in a flooded river in Uttarkashi district. (AP)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]Singh was in Kinnaur to campaign for the Mandi Lok Sabha byelection scheduled for June 23. He is stuck at Sangla, a popular tourist destination.
A house is seen partially submerged in the flood waters of the River Tehsil. (AP)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]The rain and floods have also led to collapse of at least 50 houses, washed away several roads and caused widespread damage to apple orchards and fields. Those killed include five of a family, three of them children, who were crushed in a landslide.
Stranded villagers being shifted to safer places from the flooded Lapra and Odhri villages in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]

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[font=Georgia,][size=4][center]The government has sought help from the Army and the Air Force to rescue the stranded people, including 25 foreigners and a team from Doordarshan, but bad weather has frustrated their efforts so far.
People wade through a flooded street after heavy rain in Saharanpur. (PTI)[/center][/size][/font]