It receives many hazards mainly cloudburst-triggered debris flows, flash floods, landslides, and mass movements during the monsoon season every year. The Uttarakhand Himalaya, one of the integrated parts of the Himalaya, is the most fragile landscape and prone to geo-hydrological hazards-cloudbursts, avalanches, and glacier bursts (Sati 2019). 2013 Balakrishnan 2015 Ruiz-Villanueva et al. Similarly, the Himalayan region is prone to the occurrences of cloudburst-triggered hazards, causing huge loss of life and property and degradation of forest and arable lands (Bohra et al. Cloudburst-triggered debris flows, flash floods, landslides, and mass movements have become more intensive and frequent worldwide, mainly in the mountainous regions, causing large-scale destruction of people, land, and property (Houghton et al. Fragile landscape, rough and rugged terrain, and precipitous slope accentuate the magnitude of geo-hydrological hazards. The disruptive events, cloudbursts occur during the monsoon season in the Himalaya and trigger debris flows, flash floods, landslides, and mass movements (Fig.

The intensity of rainfall is often more than 100 mm/h (Das et al. We suggest that the old inhabited areas, which are located in the risk zones, can be relocated and the new settlements can be constructed in safe places using suitability analyses.Ĭloudburst, a geo-hydrological hazard, refers to a sudden and heavy rainfall that takes place within a short span of time and a particular space (Sati 2013). This study shows that the location of the settlements along with the proximity of the streams, which are very violent during the monsoon season, has led to the high impact of debris flow on the affected villages. It was noticed that all four villages got lots of destructions in terms of loss of life-people and animals, and property damage-land, crops, and infrastructural facilities. The volume of debris, boulders, pebbles, gravels, and mud was assessed. A structured questionnaire was constructed and questions were framed and asked from 143 heads of affected households on the impact of debris flows and flash floods on people’s life, settlements, cowsheds, bridges, trees, forests, and arable land in and around the villages. Immediately after the cloudburst occurred, the authors visited four affected villages-Nirakot, Mando, Kankrari, and Siror. On 18th July 2021 at 8:30 p.m., a cloudburst took place on the top of the Hari Maharaj Parvat, which triggered a huge debris flows and flash floods, affecting 143 households of four villages of downstream areas. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.This paper examines the environmental and economic impact of cloudburst-triggered debris flow and flash flood in four villages of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand Himalaya.

This report is auto-generated from ANI news service. “All the people stuck in the village were rescued while some took shelter in a resort nearby,” said SDRF. The Chief Minister also directed all the concerned departments to reach the affected areas. The water washed out multiple properties and entered several buildings disrupting the everyday lives of the commoners.ĭhami ordered the State Disaster Management Department and other administration officials to be on alert regarding the devastation following heavy rainfall in the Garhwal division including Dehradun. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami then inspected the affected areas in Sarkhet village in Dehradun’s Raipur. SDRF and NDRF carrying out relief and rescue and restoration operations,” Commandant of SDRF Dehradun, Manikant Mishra said. “We have received reports of water entering various premises and road damage in many areas. More details about the incident details are awaited.Įarlier on August 20, a similar incident of cloud burst in Dehradun had intense repercussions as reports of heavy water flow damaging various roads came to the fore. The damage caused by the floods in the Kali river has occurred in the villages of both India and Nepal. The DM said the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams are engaged in the relief work on the spot. A building was also collapsed and got submerged in water owing to a strong current in the river this morning. Many houses have been washed away, and some houses are severally affected due to floods. Due to the flood in the Kali river in Dharchula last night, there has been a lot of damage in Dharchula and its adjoining areas.

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