Rescue operation underway after landslides hit Jakhan village near Dehradun

Uttarakhand has been receiving continuous heavy rainfall this year. Dehradun, Chamoli, Joshimath and many other places have been severely affected by these incessant rains.

As per an official statement, on Wednesday, a total of 15 houses collapsed and seven cowsheds were destroyed in subsidence and landslides at Jakhan village, part of Madrasu gram panchayat on Langha Road, 50 km from Dehradun.

As soon as senior officials of the administration and police, including the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), received word of these incidents, they reached the spot and shifted all the victims to a nearby government school at Pachta village.

Jakhan village is situated near Uttarakhand’s capital city, Dehradun and is home to about 15 families, comprising 50 people. However, the officials informed that no loss of life was reported in these incidents. According to the official statement, restrictions were imposed on the movement of locals in the village.

State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescue personnel were posted in the affected area and a rescue operation was underway till the filing of this report.

Earlier on Wednesday, in a related incident, a person died after a house collapsed near subsidence-hit Joshimath in Chamoli district. According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the incident took place in Helang village on the Badrinath highway between Pipalkoti and Joshimath in the late evening of 15 August.