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A multi6day cloud5urst centered on the North Indian state of.ttarakhand caused de,astatin" foods and landslides in the country7s %orst natural disaster since the 200' tsunami. More than 100,000 pil"rims and tourists trapped in the,alleys leadin" to three of the four / indu?hota?har?s.
A multi6day cloud5urst centered on the North Indian state of.ttarakhand caused de,astatin" foods and landslides in the country7s %orst natural disaster since the 200' tsunami. More than 100,000 pil"rims and tourists trapped in the,alleys leadin" to three of the four / indu?hota?har?s.
A multi6day cloud5urst centered on the North Indian state of.ttarakhand caused de,astatin" foods and landslides in the country7s %orst natural disaster since the 200' tsunami. More than 100,000 pil"rims and tourists trapped in the,alleys leadin" to three of the four / indu?hota?har?s.
2013 North India foods Northern India 17 Jun 2013!p" N#$# satellite ima"ery of Northern India on 17 June, sho%in" rainclouds that led to the disaster Fatalities &,7'( )1* +ama"es ',200 ,illa"es a-ected )1* #reas a-ected India .ttarakhand /imachal 0radesh .ttar 0radesh Nepal Far Western 1e"ion 2id Western 1e"ion 2013 North India foods is located in India +ehradun +ehradun 2ap of India sho%in" +ehradun, capital of .ttarakhand 3-ect of food in +archula district of Nepal 4roken end of foot5rid"e o,er the 2andakini 1i,er at 1udrapraya" $an"am In June 2013, a multi6day cloud5urst centered on the North Indian state of .ttarakhand caused de,astatin" foods and landslides in the country7s %orst natural disaster since the 200' tsunami 8hou"h some parts of /imachal 0radesh, /aryana, +elhi and .ttar 0radesh in India e9perienced the food, some re"ions of Western Nepal, and some parts of Western 8i5et also e9perienced hea,y rainfall, o,er :&; of the casualties occurred in .ttarakhand #s of 1< July 2013, accordin" to ="ures pro,ided 5y the .ttarakhand "o,ernment, more than &,700 people %ere >presumed dead>)2* 8his total included :3' local residents)3* +estruction of 5rid"es and roads left a5out 100,000 pil"rims and tourists trapped in the ,alleys leadin" to three of the four /indu ?hota ?har +ham pil"rima"e sites)'*)&*)<*)7*)(*):*)10* 8he Indian #ir Force, the Indian #rmy, and paramilitary troops e,acuated more than 110,000 people from the food ra,a"ed area)11* ?ontents )hide* 1 @ri"in 2 ?onseAuences 21 @ther re"ions 211 National ?apital 1e"ion 212 .ttar 0radesh 213 /imachal 0radesh 21' Nepal 3 1escue operations ' #ftermath & 3n,ironmental issues < In Biterature 7 1eferences ( 39ternal links @ri"in)edit* From 1' to 17 June 2013, the Indian state of .ttarakhand and ad!oinin" areas recei,ed hea,y rainfall, %hich %as a5out 37&; more than the 5enchmark rainfall durin" a normal monsoon)12* 8his caused the meltin" of ?hora5ari Clacier at the hei"ht of 3(00 metres, and eruption of the 2andakini 1i,er)13* %hich led to hea,y foods near Co5ind"hat, Dedar +ome, 1udrapraya" district, .ttarakhand, /imachal 0radesh and Western Nepal, and acute rainfall in other near5y re"ions of +elhi, /aryana, .ttar 0radesh and some parts of 8i5et)1'* 8he upper /imalayan territories of /imachal 0radesh and .ttarakhand are full of forests and sno%6co,ered mountains and thus remain relati,ely inaccessi5le 8hey are home to se,eral ma!or and historic /indu and $ikh pil"rima"e sites 5esides se,eral tourist spots and trekkin" trails /ea,y rainfall for four consecuti,e days as %ell as meltin" sno% a""ra,ated the foods)1&* Warnin"s 5y the India 2eteorolo"ical +epartment predictin" hea,y rains %ere not "i,en %ide pu5licity 5eforehand, causin" thousands of people to 5e cau"ht una%are, resultin" in hu"e loss of life and property ?onseAuences)edit* Bandslides, due to the foods, dama"ed se,eral houses and structures, killin" those %ho %ere trapped)'*)1&* 8he hea,y rains resulted in lar"e fashfoods and massi,e landslides)1'* 3ntire ,illa"es and settlements such as Caurikund and the market to%n of 1am 4ada, a transition point to Dedarnath, ha,e 5een o5literated, %hile the market to%n of $onpraya" su-ered hea,y dama"e and loss of li,es)(*)1<* 0il"rima"e centres in the re"ion, includin" Can"otri, Eamunotri, Dedarnath and 4adrinath, the hallo%ed /indu ?hardham Ffour sitesG pil"rima"e centers, are ,isited 5y thousands of de,otees, especially after the month of 2ay on%ards @,er 70,000 people %ere stuck in ,arious re"ions 5ecause of dama"ed or 5locked roads)1&* 0eople in other important locations like the Halley of fo%ers, 1oopkund and the $ikh pil"rima"e centre /emkund %ere stranded for more than three days)1&* National /i"h%ay &(, an important artery connectin" the re"ion %as also %ashed a%ay near Jyotirmath and in many other places)1<* 4ecause summers ha,e more num5er of tourists, the num5er of people impacted is su5stantial)17* For more than three days, stranded pil"rims and tourists %ere %ithout rations or sur,i,ed on little food)1(* 8he roads %ere seriously dama"ed at more than '&0 places, resultin" in hu"e traIc !ams, and the foods caused many cars and other ,ehicles to 5e %ashed a%ay)1&* @n 1( June, more than 12,000 pil"rims %ere stranded at 4adrinath, the popular pil"rima"e center located on the 5anks of the #laknanda 1i,er)1:*)20*)21* 1escuers at the /indu pil"rima"e to%n of /arid%ar on the ri,er Can"a reco,ered 5odies of '0 ,ictims %ashed do%n 5y the fooded ri,ers as of 21 June 2013)22* 4odies of people %ashed a%ay in .ttarakhand %ere found in distant places like 4i!nor, #llaha5ad and 4ulandshahr in .ttar 0radesh)23* $earchin" for 5odies %ho died durin" the e9treme natural fury of June in Dedar ,alley continued for se,eral months and e,en as late as $eptem5er, 2013, a5out &&< 5odies %ere found out of %hich 1<< 5odies %ere found in hi"hly decomposed state durin" fourth round of search operations)2'* Dedarnath temple, 5efore foods #lthou"h the Dedarnath 8emple itself %as not dama"ed, its 5ase %as inundated %ith %ater, mud and 5oulders from the landslide, dama"in" its perimeter)20* 2any hotels, rest houses and shops around the temple in Dedarnath to%nship %ere destroyed, resultin" in se,eral casualties 2ost of the destruction at Dedarnath %as caused 5y a sudden rapid meltin" of ice and sno% on the Dedarnath 2ountain, < km F37 miG from the temple, %hich fooded the ?har5ari lake FupstreamG and then Dedarnath 8he temple %as fooded %ith %ater resultin" in se,eral deaths due to dro%nin" and panic6 dri,en stampede)2&* 3,en after a %eek, dead 5odies had not 5een remo,ed from Dedarnath to%n, resultin" in %ater contamination in the Dedarnath ,alley and ,illa"ers %ho depend on sprin" %ater su-ered ,arious types of health pro5lems like fe,er, diarrhoea)'*)2<* When the food receded, satellite ima"es sho%ed one ne% stream at Dedarnath to%n No dama"e at the Dedarnath 8emple occurred 8he .ttarakhand Co,ernment announced that due to the e9tensi,e dama"e to the infrastructure, the temple %ill 5e temporarily closed to re"ular pil"rims and tourists for a year or t%o, 5ut the temple rituals %ill still 5e maintained 5y priests)27*)2(*)2:* 8he 8emple opened for pil"rims on $unday, ' 2ay 201' )30* @ther re"ions)edit* National ?apital 1e"ion)edit* +elhi, Cur"aon and surroundin" areas recei,ed a hi"h amount of rainfall on 1< June 2013, leadin" to foodin" of the lo% lyin" areas of the cities)31* 8he Eamuna 1i,er s%elled to a ne% hi"h of 2077& meters su5mer"in" the lo% lyin" food plains alon" the 5anks)32*)33* .ttar 0radesh)edit* <0( ,illa"es, co,erin" a population of 700,000, in 23 districts of .ttar 0radesh %ere a-ected 5y the food and #s of 11 July 2013 more than 120 deaths %ere reported from the state)3'* /imachal 0radesh)edit* In /imachal 0radesh, foods caused loss of life and property and death toll in the state %as 20)3&* Nepal)edit* #5out <000 citiJens of Nepal %ere ,isitin" the Indian re"ion, of %hich 1,000 %ere rescued as of 22 June 2013)3<* Floodin" of the +hauli"an"a and the 2ahakali ri,ers had caused e9tensi,e dama"e, %ith reports of 12( houses and 13 "o,ernment oIces s%ept a%ay and o,er 1000 people homeless)37* )3(* # 5rid"e that !oins the India6Nepal 5order is hi"hly dama"ed or destroyed 1escue operations)edit* Wiki letter %s," 8his section is empty Eou can help 5y addin" to it FJune 201'G #ftermath)edit* 8he 0rime 2inister of India undertook an aerial sur,ey of the a-ected areas and announced IN110 5illion F.$K170 millionG aid packa"e for disaster relief e-orts in the state)3:* $e,eral state "o,ernments announced =nancial assistance, %ith .ttar 0radesh pled"in" IN12&0 million F.$K'2 millionG,)'0* the "o,ernments of /aryana,)'1* 2aharashtra)'2* and +elhi IN1100 million F.$K17 millionG each, the "o,ernments of 8amil Nadu,)'3* @disha,)''* Cu!arat,)'&* 2adhya 0radesh and ?hhattis"arh IN1&0 million F.$K('0,000G each 8he .$ #m5assador to India e9tended a =nancial help of .$+ K1&0,000 throu"h the .nited $tates #"ency for International +e,elopment F.$#I+G to the NC@s %orkin" in the area)'<* and announced that the .$ %ill pro,ide further =nancial aid of .$+ K7&,000)'<* 8he Co,ernment of India also cancelled : 5atches, or half the annual 5atches of the Dailash62ansaro,ar Eatra, a /indu pil"rima"e)'7* 8he ?hardham Eatra pil"rima"e, co,erin" Can"otri, Eamunotri, Dedarnath and 4adrinath %as cancelled for 2 years to repair dama"ed roads and infrastructure, accordin" to the .ttarakhand Co,ernment)'(* Co,ernment a"encies and priests of Dedarnath temple %ere plannin" mass cremation of the hundreds of ,ictims, after one %eek of tra"edy)':*)&0* Bocal youths from se,eral a-ected ,illa"es near Can"otri helped stranded tourists and pil"rims, 5y sendin" messa"es to their places and 5y pro,idin" food)&1* 1escuers also retrie,ed appro9imately IN110 million F.$K170,000G and other !e%ellery from local persons, includin" some people dressed like sadhu 5a5as, %ho reportedly collected it from a destroyed 5uildin" of a 4ank and dama"ed shops)&2*)&3*)&'* 3n,ironmental issues)edit* .nprecedented destruction 5y the rainfall %itnessed in .ttarakhand state %as attri5uted, 5y en,ironmentalists, to unscienti=c de,elopmental acti,ities undertaken in recent decades contri5utin" to hi"h le,el of loss of property and li,es)'* 1oads constructed in haphaJard style, ne% resorts and hotels 5uilt on fra"ile ri,er 5anks and more than 70 hydroelectric pro!ects in the %atersheds of the state led to a >disaster %aitin" to happen> as termed 5y certain en,ironmentalists)&&* 8he en,ironmental e9perts reported that the tunnels 5uilt and 5lasts undertaken for the 70 hydro electric pro!ects contri5uted to the ecolo"ical im5alance in the state, %ith fo%s of ri,er %ater restricted and the streamside de,elopment acti,ity contri5utin" to a hi"her num5er of landslides and more foodin")'*)&&* In Biterature)edit* # no,el named ># Bon" Journey> %as %ritten and pu5lished 5y independent author 0a%an Dumar 0andey, %hich has the foods and the resultin" tra"edy in its 5ack"round)&<*)&7* 1eferences)edit* L Jump up toM a 5