Heavy rain likely in 7 hilly districts of Uttarakhand, 36 SDRF teams deployed

Dehradun (IANS). There is a possibility of heavy rains in seven hilly districts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for heavy rain with thunder at isolated places in Nainital, Champawat, Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts.

In other districts, there is a possibility of lightning and several rounds of heavy rain. Apart from this, the department has expressed the possibility of blocking of roads and highways at some places due to mild to moderate landslides and rock fall in sensitive areas.

Actually, the process of heavy rain is going on across the state. In view of the bad weather, SDRF personnel have been put on high alert. While rescue teams have been deployed at 36 sensitive places.

In view of the active monsoon in the state, a meeting was organized at SDRF Headquarters Jollygrant to deal with the emergency, in which SDRF jawans were instructed to remain on high alert.

Commander Manikant Mishra said that 36 rescue teams have been deployed in all the sensitive areas of the state. Giving necessary instructions to the jawans posted at SDRF posts, he said that in view of the monsoon, there are strong possibilities of incidents like floods, landslides, cloud bursts etc. have to give .

The commander also instructed the control room to remain on alert mode and exchange information by keeping in touch with the State Disaster Operation Center located at the Dehradun Secretariat. Also directed to work equipped with state-of-the-art rescue equipment like underwater drone, sonar system, remotely operated lifebuoy, scuba diving set, diving communication set, speed motor boat, raft, cold water rescue suit.

During this, the jawans were trained in weather forecasting, advance rafting training, kayaking course, OBM maintenance course, installation of signboards to warn of danger by marking vulnerable places for landslides / storm drains, etc.