Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday conducted a field inspection of Jakhanyali, the disaster-affected area of Tehri district. He met the families of the deceased in the disaster-affected area and consoled them. The Chief Minister wished for peace of the departed souls and patience to the bereaved family. He said that in this hour of disaster, the government and administration are standing with the affected. The government will provide all possible help to the affected. He said that all people should work as each other’s support at this time. The Chief Minister said that the disaster in the area has caused great loss of life, animal loss and other assets. The safety of the people is the first priority of the state government during the disaster. He has directed the District Magistrate Tehri to provide immediate relief to the disaster-affected and make all necessary arrangements in the relief camps.
Instructions have also been given to assess the disaster damage and do immediate protective work. Instructions have been given to smoothen the supply of road connectivity, electricity and drinking water to make life normal in the disaster-affected area. The Chief Minister directed the officials to remain in alert mode as per the weather forecast issued by the Meteorological Department. District Magistrate Tehri Mayur Dixit informed that information was received about a hotel being washed away due to cloudburst near Jakhanyali in Ghansali block of Tehri district late last night. As soon as the information about the incident was received, the team of Revenue Team, Police, SDRF, Health, Road, Electricity etc. departments left for the spot with JCB, ambulance. The electricity department immediately shut down.
The search rescue and relief team started search rescue. Three people of the same family have died in this incident. The bodies of two people were recovered at night. An injured person died while being taken to the hospital. He said that in the disaster in the area, the culvert connecting Ghansali-Chirbitia motorway in Muyalgaon was washed away, a horse was washed away and other assets have suffered a lot.
During this, Cabinet Minister Satpal Maharaj, MLA Ghansali Shakti Lal Shah, MLA Tehri Kishore Upadhyay, SSP Navneet Singh Bhullar, CDO Dr. Abhishek Tripathi were present.
