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2013 North India foods

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2013 North India foods

Northern India 17 Jun 2013!p"

N#$# satellite ima"ery o 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 radesh

.ttar radesh

Nepal

Far Western e"ion

id Western e"ion

2013 North India foods is located in India

+ehradun

+ehradun

ap o India sho%in" +ehradun, capital o .ttarakhand

-ect o food in +archula district o Nepal

4roken end o oot5rid"e oer the andakini ier at udrapraya" $an"am

In June 2013, a multi6day cloud5urst centered on the North Indian state o

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.ttarakhand caused deastatin" foods and landslides in the countrys %orst

natural disaster since the 200' tsunami 8hou"h some parts o /imachal

radesh, /aryana, +elhi and .ttar radesh in India e9perienced the food,

some re"ions o Western Nepal, and some parts o Western 8i5et also

e9perienced heay rainall, oer :&; o the casualties occurred in

.ttarakhand #s o 1< July 2013, accordin" to ="ures proided 5y the

.ttarakhand "oernment, more than &,700 people %ere >presumed dead>)2*

8his total included :3' local residents)3*

+estruction o 5rid"es and roads let a5out 100,000 pil"rims and tourists

trapped in the alleys leadin" to three o the our /indu ?hota ?har +ham

pil"rima"e sites)'*)&*)

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receied heay rainall, %hich %as a5out 37&; more than the 5enchmark

rainall durin" a normal monsoon)12* 8his caused the meltin" o ?hora5ari

Clacier at the hei"ht o 3(00 metres, and eruption o the andakini ier)13*

%hich led to heay foods near Co5ind"hat, Dedar +ome, udrapraya"

district, .ttarakhand, /imachal radesh and Western Nepal, and acute rainall

in other near5y re"ions o +elhi, /aryana, .ttar radesh and some parts o8i5et)1'*

8he upper /imalayan territories o /imachal radesh and .ttarakhand are ull

o orests and sno%6coered mountains and thus remain relatiely

inaccessi5le 8hey are home to seeral ma!or and historic /indu and $ikh

pil"rima"e sites 5esides seeral tourist spots and trekkin" trails /eay

rainall or our consecutie days as %ell as meltin" sno% a""raated the

foods)1&* Warnin"s 5y the India eteorolo"ical +epartment predictin"

heay rains %ere not "ien %ide pu5licity 5eorehand, causin" thousands opeople to 5e cau"ht una%are, resultin" in hu"e loss o lie and property

?onseAuences)edit*

Bandslides, due to the foods, dama"ed seeral houses and structures, killin"

those %ho %ere trapped)'*)1&* 8he heay rains resulted in lar"e fashfoods

and massie landslides)1'* ntire illa"es and settlements such as

Caurikund and the market to%n o am 4ada, a transition point to Dedarnath,

hae 5een o5literated, %hile the market to%n o $onpraya" su-ered heay

dama"e and loss o lies)(*)1

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recoered 5odies o '0 ictims %ashed do%n 5y the fooded riers as o 21

June 2013)22* 4odies o people %ashed a%ay in .ttarakhand %ere ound in

distant places like 4i!nor, #llaha5ad and 4ulandshahr in .ttar radesh)23*

$earchin" or 5odies %ho died durin" the e9treme natural ury o June in

Dedar alley continued or seeral months and een as late as $eptem5er,

2013, a5out &&< 5odies %ere ound out o %hich 1

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.ttar radesh)edit*

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o the Dailash6ansaroar Eatra, a /indu pil"rima"e)'7* 8he ?hardham Eatra

pil"rima"e, coerin" Can"otri, Eamunotri, Dedarnath and 4adrinath %as

cancelled or 2 years to repair dama"ed roads and inrastructure, accordin"

to the .ttarakhand Coernment)'(*

Coernment a"encies and priests o Dedarnath temple %ere plannin" mass

cremation o the hundreds o ictims, ater one %eek o tra"edy)':*)&0*

Bocal youths rom seeral a-ected illa"es near Can"otri helped stranded

tourists and pil"rims, 5y sendin" messa"es to their places and 5y proidin"

ood)&1* escuers also retrieed appro9imately IN10 million .$K170,000G

and other !e%ellery rom local persons, includin" some people dressed like

sadhu 5a5as, %ho reportedly collected it rom a destroyed 5uildin" o a 4ank

and dama"ed shops)&2*)&3*)&'*

nironmental issues)edit*

.nprecedented destruction 5y the rainall %itnessed in .ttarakhand state %as

attri5uted, 5y enironmentalists, to unscienti=c deelopmental actiities

undertaken in recent decades contri5utin" to hi"h leel o loss o property

and lies)'* oads constructed in haphaard style, ne% resorts and hotels

5uilt on ra"ile rier 5anks and more than 70 hydroelectric pro!ects in the

%atersheds o the state led to a >disaster %aitin" to happen> as termed 5y

certain enironmentalists)&&* 8he enironmental e9perts reported that the

tunnels 5uilt and 5lasts undertaken or the 70 hydro electric pro!ects

contri5uted to the ecolo"ical im5alance in the state, %ith fo%s o rier %ater

restricted and the streamside deelopment actiity contri5utin" to a hi"her

num5er o landslides and more foodin")'*)&&*

In Biterature)edit*

# noel named ># Bon" Journey> %as %ritten and pu5lished 5y independent

author a%an Dumar andey, %hich has the foods and the resultin" tra"edy

in its 5ack"round)&