Bailey bridge over Tamak drain washed away in Uttarakhand, BRO driver missing

Gopeshwa /Deh adu ,
Aug
10
(PTI):
A
Bailey
b idge
ove
the
Tamak
d ai
co ecti g
Utta akha d’s
Niti
Valley
was
washed
away
by
floodwate s
o
Mo day
eve i g,
s appi g
oad
co ectivity
to
a ou d
a
doze
villages
a d
the
bo de
a ea,
while
a
Bo de
Roads
O ga isatio
(BRO)
d ive
we t
missi g
afte
bei g
swept
away
by
the
st o g
cu e t,
officials
said.

The
b idge,
located
o
the
Mala i-Niti
Natio al
Highway
co ecti g
Jyoti math
(Joshimath)
with
the
bo de
a ea,
was
washed
away
followi g
a
sudde
ise
i
the
wate
level
of
the
Tamak
d ai ,
Chamoli
Dist ict
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Office
N
K
Joshi
told
PTI.

A
vehicle
was
also
swept
away
i
the
flooded
d ai ,
officials
said.

Jyoti math
Tehsilda
Mahe d a
A ya
said
BRO
d ive
Pa kaj,
a
eside t
of
Pitho aga h
dist ict,
was
swept
away
afte
the
b idge
sudde ly
collapsed
while
he
was
obse vi g
the
floodwate s.
He
emai ed
missi g,
he
said.

Relief
a d
escue
teams
f om
the
dist ict
admi ist atio ,
State
Disaste
Respo se
Fo ce
(SDRF)
a d
Natio al
Disaste
Respo se
Fo ce
(NDRF)
we e
dispatched
to
the
site
followi g
the
i cide t,
officials
said.

The
b idge
collapse
has
cut
off
oad
co ectivity
to
a ou d
a
doze
villages,
i cludi g
Jumma
a d
Niti,
as
well
as
the
bo de
a ea.

Vehicula
moveme t
has
bee
suspe ded
f om
Mala i
as
a
p ecautio a y
measu e,
while
admi ist ative
teams
a e
assessi g
the
situatio ,
officials
said.

The
BRO
has
sta ted
wo k
o
alte ative
a a geme ts
a d
t affic
is
expected
to
be
esto ed
withi
a
day
o
two,
Joshi
said.

Fo
the
past
seve al
yea s,
the
Joshimath-Niti
oad
has
bee
dis upted
by
floods
a d
la dslides
i
the
Tamak
d ai .
Flood
deb is
has
also
epeatedly
blocked
the
ea by
Dhauli
Ga ga.

Chief
Mi iste
Pushka
Si gh
Dhami
di ected
officials
to
u de take
elief
a d
escue
ope atio s
a d
take
p ecautio a y
measu es
i
the
lowe
a eas
followi g
the
floodi g.

He
also
di ected
officials
to
e su e
that
supplies
of
atio ,
food,
medici es
a d
othe
esse tial
commodities
to
su ou di g
villages
a e
ot
affected
due
to
the
b idge
bei g
washed
away.

I
view
of
the
possibility
of
i c eased
wate
flow
i to
the
Alak a da
Rive ,
autho ities
have
advised
people
livi g
alo g
its
ba ks
a d
i
low-lyi g
a eas
to
emai
vigila t.
Police
a e
maki g
a ou ceme ts
aski g
people
to
stay
away
f om
ive s
a d
d ai s.

Mea while,
the
Flash
Flood
Guida ce
Cell
of
the
Meteo ological
Depa tme t’s
Hyd ometeo ological
Divisio
has
issued
a
flash
flood
isk
bulleti
fo
Utta akha d
fo
the
ext
24
hou s.

The
bulleti
said
mild
to
mode ate
flash
floods
a e
possible
i
some
catchme t
a d
su ou di g
a eas
of
12
dist icts,
i cludi g
Almo a,
Bageshwa ,
Chamoli,
Champawat,
Deh adu ,
Teh i
Ga hwal,
Ha idwa ,
Nai ital,
Pitho aga h,
Rud ap ayag,
Utta kashi,
a d
Pau i
Ga hwal,
u til
5:30
pm
o
Tuesday.

State
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Sec eta y
Vi od
Kuma
Suma
said
the
state’s
disaste
ma ageme t
system
was
o
full
ale t
based
o
adva ce
wa i gs
f om
the
Meteo ological
Depa tme t
a d
othe
tech ical
age cies.

He
appealed
to
eside ts
a d
tou ists
to
avoid
u ecessa y
t avel
du i g
i cleme t
weathe
a d
stay
away
f om
ive s,
st eams,
avi es
a d
ai wate
cha els.
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