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Landslides claim several lives in Uttarakhand, Arunachal

In Uttarakhand, pounded by torrential rains since Thursday night, the toll is likely to increase, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-07-02 06:24 GMT
18 to 20 people were killed in Uttarakhand's Chamoli and Pithoragarh since Thursday as torrential rains triggered flashfloods and landslides in Uttarahand.
Jawans of F&ES clearing the debris from the site of landslide at Piyali Phukan Naga, Chandmari in Guwahati.
Continuous heavy downpour in district headquarters of Karimganj town for the last three days has caused water logging in several areas.
Drivers and workers pushing away a truck stuck in the rubbles of a landslide on the damaged National Highway 44 at Lowarpowa in Karimganj district of Assam.
The landslide occurred when a small hillock near the Old Inspection Bungalow caved in and buried several houses in Bhalukpong town ofWest Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Many houses were damaged at upper Bhalukpung area of Arunachal Pradesh due to the landslide in this northeastern state.
Landslide triggered by torrential rain killed 10 people, including two women, and injured four others at Bhalukpong in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday.
Officially, the number of missing was 17 but authorities didn't rule out the possibility of the number increasing as incessant rainfall delayed rescue work in the worst affected villages.
A team of the Natural Disaster Response Force (NDRF) could not reach the disaster sites around 180 kms apart as choppers could not land due to bad weather.
Chamba-Rishikesh National Highway-94 was blocked in Bemunda due to landslide. The death and destruction in Chamoli and Pithoragarh came just over three years after more than 5,000 people were killed when the Kedar valley was hit by a similar cloudburst.
In Uttarakhand, pounded by torrential rains since Thursday night, the toll is likely to increase, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said.

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