B idge
damaged
afte
Tamak
d ai
ove flows
i
Chamoli
NEW
DELHI:
A
b idge
ove
the
Tamak
d ai
beyo d
Mala i
i
Utta akha d’s
Chamoli
dist ict
was
swept
away
afte
the
d ai
ove flowed
amid
a
st o g
wate
cu e t,
dis upti g
t affic
i
the
a ea
o
Mo day.No
casualties
have
bee
epo ted
so
fa .Utta akha d
chief
mi iste
Pushka
Si gh
Dhami
di ected
officials
to
p io itise
elief
a d
escue
effo ts,
e su e
the
safety
of
people
i
vul e able
a eas
a d
mai tai
supplies
of
esse tial
commodities
to
affected
villages
th ough
alte ative
outes,
if
eeded.
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Police,
dist ict
admi ist atio ,
SDRF
a d
NDRF
teams
have
bee
deployed
to
the
spot,
while
autho ities
co ti ue
to
mo ito
the
situatio .
“The e
is
a
Tamak
Nala,
a d
a
ve y
st o g
su ge
of
wate
occu ed
the e
this
eve i g
at
5.30pm.
A
Bailey
b idge
at
the
site
was
washed
away;
BRO
officials
a d
staff
we e
p ese t
i
the
immediate
vici ity.
A
BRO
vehicle
a d
its
d ive
have
go e
missi g,”
ews
age cy
ANI
quoted
Chamoli
additio al
dist ict
magist ate
(ADM)
Vivek
P akash
sayi g.”A
sea ch
ope atio
is
u de way,
a d
a
SDRF
team
has
bee
dispatched
to
the
site.
About
15
o
16
villages
a e
located
o
the
othe
side
of
the
b idge;
we
a e
maki g
u ge t
effo ts
to
esto e
co ectivity
so
that
se vices
ca
be
esumed
by
tomo ow,”
he
added.
