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At least four persons were killed and dozens feared washed away in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand after flash floods triggered by torrential rain hit the Kheer Ganga river on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) afternoon. Rescuers have managed to retrieve two bodies so far, as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the village of Dharali to take stock of the situation.
The floods hit hotels and residential buildings in Dharali town, situated 8,600 feet above sea level, where video footage recorded by residents showed giant waves of water gushing through the area and swallowing everything in their way, including people and homes.
At least 190 people were rescued, according to CM Dhami, as rescuers resumed their operations on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) in Dharali, searching for flash flood victims amid the rubble. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings for heavy rainfall across Uttarakhand, particularly in the hill districts.
Rescuers Retrieve Two Bodies In Dharali Amid Bad Weather
As the sun set over the flood-ravaged Himalayan village of Dharali with 190 people rescued and two bodies recovered on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), fears mounted for those still trapped under the massive river of sludge that buried scores of houses, trees and cars.
Four people are suspected to have been killed in the disaster that struck the ecologically fragile area on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) afternoon. Two bodies were recovered on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) and 15 are missing, Disaster Management Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman said.
Uttarkashi floods: 150 rescued, four dead, 50 missing in Dharali flood; rescue operations underway amid incessant rain and landslips. 16 persons missing from Maharashtra’s Jalgaon after cloudburst in Uttarkashi
Following the cloudburst triggered by flash floods in Uttarkashi’s Dharali region in Uttarakhand earlier in the week, 16 persons from Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district remain untraceable, according to Jalgaon Collector Ayush Prasad.
Providing an update on the situation, Prasad said, “It has been reported that 19 people from Jalgaon district are in Uttarkashi, of which contact has been established with three people. Contact has not yet been made with 16 people.”
He added that both the Maharashtra government and Jalgaon district administration are actively coordinating with the Uttarakhand government and Uttarkashi district authorities to trace the missing individuals.
The authorities have held back the fourth batch of Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrims at Dharchula base camp in Pithoragarh district after a road to a higher altitude point was hit by heavy boulders and debris owing to bad weather, sources said on Wednesday.
The batch consists of 48 members, including 14 women pilgrims, from various parts of the country who have to stay put at Dharchula now. They were expected to reach Gunji on Wednesday, and only after a rest of two nights, they were supposed to proceed further towards Kailash Mansarovar via Lipulekh Pass.
“It could take five hours to clear the road after the work starts,” KMVN base camp in-charge Dhan Singh Bisht said, adding the batch would leave for Gunji only after the road clears.
“As boulders are continuing to fall down, the BRO personnel are not in a position to restore the route. The work could only be started when the shooting of boulders stops,” said Bisht.
Kailash Manasarovar Yatra organised by the Ministry of External Affairs began in June and will end in August, according to the Ministry of External Affairs portal.
