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Published by: Alka Tyagi
Updated Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:43 PM IST
Uttarkashi cloudburst news: As soon as the wet debris came down from the hill with water in the Ganges. The villagers there started playing seats to warn the people of Dharali. But people could not get it away.
As soon as the inundation of Dharali’s Kheer Ganga comes, the villagers of Mukhba village got the first information because the hills of the area are seen above the Dharali village. As soon as the wet debris came down from the hill with water in the Ganges. The villagers there started playing seats to warn the people of Dharali. After that some people had gone out of homes and hotels and fled towards safe places, but some people could not detect danger and were buried in debris.
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Disaster in Uttarkashi – Photo: Dialogue News Agency
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Uttarkashi Disaster – Photo: Dialogue
Kheer Ganga caused damage in the market and surrounding areas there due to rising water levels several times. There the water comes down rapidly due to the reduced river catchment area and sharp shield. That is why the debris and water reached the Dharali market rapidly after the cloudburst on Tuesday, which did not give anyone a chance to recover.
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Wounded in Uttarkashi – Photo: Dialogue
This was not the first time in Kheer Ganga in Dharali that the surrounding area has been damaged due to its rising water level. Even after this, no local people were warn nor any security arrangements were made by the administration. However, due to the rising water level of Kheer Ganga in the year 2023, Gangotri highway was also closed for several days. Also shops and hotels were also damaged.
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Uttarkashi Kheerganga – Photo: Dialogue News Agency
After that there was protective work there but due to the low span of the river, he could not stop the disastrous disaster. Earlier in the year 2017-18, debris had entered hotels, shops and many houses due to the rise in the water level of Kheerganga. Even at that time, it took people about a year to emerge from the disaster. However, no kind of life was damaged at that time.
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