New Delhi, October 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):Landslips blocked roads, many villages went without electricity and the toll climbed to 52 as authorities faced the aftermath of the rains that had battered the Indian state of Uttarakhand for over two days. Six more bodies were pulled out from the rubble of the collapsed houses. Five people are missing and 17 injured, according to official data.

The weather cleared on Wednesday morning after the incessant rains since Sunday night triggered floods which washed away bridges and landslips which blocked access to towns like Nainital for hours. Most of the deaths were due to house collapses and an official statement said 46 of them suffered damage. Nainital district alone saw 28 deaths.

The official count of people missing in rain-related incidents does not include a trekking team of 11 people that left Uttarkashi but had not reached its destination Chitkul in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh. In an unrelated incident, three porters accompanying an ITBP patrol near the India-China border were buried in snow and are presumed dead. A furious Gaula river has damaged the tracks at the Kathgodam railway station in Nainital, which experienced a record 445 mm rainfall on Tuesday.

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