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Heavy rainfall during the 2023 monsoon season resulted in severe flooding and landslides across Northern India, primarily affecting residents in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. [1] [2] [3]
The Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel was being constructed by contentious [10] Navayuga Engineering Construction Limited (NECL) under National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) [11] as part of the Char Dham project, intended to connect important Hindu pilgrim sites in Uttarakhand, North India, with two-lane, all-weather paved roads. [12]
The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami announced a compensation of ₹ 0.4 million (US$4,800) for the families of the deceased and ₹ 0.1 million (US$1,200) for the injured. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] Various leaders expressed their condolences on the accident.
Uttarakhand has a total area of 53,483 km 2 (20,650 sq mi), equal to 1.6% of the total area of India. Dehradun serves as the state capital, with Nainital being the judicial capital. The state is divided into two divisions, Garhwal and Kumaon, with a total of 13 districts. The forest cover in the state is 45.4% of the state's geographical area.
On 4 October 2022, an avalanche at the Draupadi Ka Danda peak in Uttarakhand, India killed 27 mountaineers in the Advanced Mountaineering Course of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. [1] The death toll makes this the worst mountaineering disaster recorded in India.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttarakhand on 14 February 2022 to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022. It was the first time a current government got re-elected after the creation of Uttarakhand
The 2021 Uttarakhand flood, also known as the Chamoli disaster, [1] began on 7 February 2021 in the environs of the Nanda Devi National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site [2] in the outer Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand state, India (Maps 1 and 2). [3] It was caused by a large rock and ice avalanche consisting of material dislodged from Ronti ...
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal: 3 Bahujan Mukti Party: 2 Akhil Bharatiya Parivar Party 2 Bharatiya Rashtriya Ekta Dal 2 Uttarakhand Samanta Party 2 Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party 1 Bharat Ki Lok Jimmedar Party 1 Rashtriya Uttarakhand Party 1 Sainik Samaj Party 1 Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Uttarakhand Parivartan Party 1 Total 27