Uttrakhand rains: 17 NDRF teams deployed for rescue and relief operations

As per the NDRF DIG, Nainital, Almora, Champawat and Udham Singh Nagar are the most affected districts by heavy rains in the state.

New Delhi: A total of 17 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are conducting rescue and relief operations amid heavy rains in Uttarakhand, said NDRF Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mohsen Shahedi on Wednesday (October 20).

Talking to ANI, Shahed informed that as many as 1,300 people had been evacuated and taken to safe places acorss the state, while 46 people have lost their lives.

"A total of 17 teams of NDRF are carrying out rescue and relief operations in Uttarakhand, which includes teams from Delhi, Dehradun, two teams from Uttar Pradesh and six teams which were already deployed in the state as a part of pre-Monsoon deployment. 1,300 people have been evacuated and carried to safer places," said Shahedi while talking to ANI.