The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Thursday freed a number of people who were stuck in their flooded homes in the Kashipur neighborhood of Rudrapur.
“Today, SDRF team was informed by District Disaster Management, Rudrapur that due to excessive waterlogging in Kashipur area many houses have been flooded in which many people are trapped for whose rescue SDRF is needed,” said officials said.
“As soon as the information was received, the SDRF team immediately reached the spot with rescue equipment,” the officials added.
About 80 people who were trapped in the submerged homes, according to the officials, were safely evacuated using rafts and transported to a safe location by the SDRF team after they arrived at the scene and conducted the rescue operation. On Wednesday night, severe waterlogging was caused by heavy rains in the Rishikesh, Uttarakhand neighborhoods of Dhalwala and Khara. According to officials, as the water level in the Rishikesh saline source rose, many homes became submerged in water.