Ward member from Baliyanala Rekha Arya said: “The area has faced recurrent landslides since October 17, but we received no help from the administration until now,” she said. “The remaining 50 families will also be shifted to nearby schools and a dharamshala,” said a district official. The administration has evacuated 70 families from the area and shifted them to a school. On Saturday, a landslide was reported in Baliyanala area on a slope that has recorded recurrent landslides in the recent past. Nainital, the worst-hit district, has continued to bear the brunt of landslides. The current death toll from rain-related incidents in the state stood at 72 on Saturday. While a search operation in Uttarkashi to trace two missing trekkers on Harsil-Chitkul trek was called off due to bad weather, another operation to airlift bodies of six trekkers who died en route Sunderdhunga glacier in Bageshwar district was also postponed. “There is a prediction of light rain, but no heavy showers are expected,” said an official.Ī fresh spell of snow in higher reaches, however, is likely to impede rescue operations which had to be halted on Saturday as well. The local Met department attempted to allay fears and said light rainfall is unlikely to cause damage. “Very light to light rain and thundershowers are likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Haridwar, Chamoli, Nainital and Champawat districts on Sunday,” the IMD said, adding that snowfall is likely to occur at isolated places in higher reaches of Uttarkashi and Chamoli.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a forecast of light rainfall and snowfall in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand in the next 24 hours. DEHRADUN/NAINITAL: Fresh rainfall and snow alert in Uttarakhand over the next 24 hours issued on Saturday has sparked concerns in the state which is still grappling with the damage caused by rain-triggered disasters this week.
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