Dehradun drowns: Cloudburst triggers chaos amid floods; Rivers swell, vehicles swept away – In Photos

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Dehradun, Uttarakhand, experienced a cloudburst on Mionday night that led to extensive flooding. Streets were submerged, vehicles were swept away, and significant property damage occurred. Continuous heavy rainfall caused rivers such as the Sahastradhara, Chandrabhaga, and Tamsa to swell, overwhelming the city’s infrastructure and paralysing movement in many areas. The rising water levels also resulted in the flooding of the renowned Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Dehradun. (Photo Source: PTI)

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Following the destruction, the district administration, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and police were immediately dispatched to the distress site to provide relief and rescue operations. (In Frame: An NDRF personnel rescues a man stranded on an electric pole as a river flows in spate following a cloudburst, near Prem Nagar in Dehradun) (Photo Source: PTI)

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Multiple vehicles were caught in the wave of destruction in Uttarakhand. As SDRF officials conduct rescue operations, no official statistics regarding the deaths caused by the disaster have been released yet. (In Frame: a vehicle lies amid mud and water after heavy rains triggered a cloudburst in Dehradun.) (Photo Source: PTI)

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The floods caused widespread damage to key roadways connecting the city. (In Frame: A bridge gets washed away following heavy rains, near Uttarakhand Dental College on the Dehradun – Haridwar National Highway) (Photo Source: PTI)

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 Floods wash away an entire marketplace in Dehradun on Tuesday. No casualties reported in this specific incident. (Photo Source: PTI)

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A portion of a road gets washed away amid heavy floods in Dehradun that were triggered by a cloudburst on Monday night. (Photo Source: PTI)

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Heavy rainfall in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, caused the Tamsa river to overflow and flood the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple. Water entered the temple cave, submerging the Shivling and also rose in the courtyard up to the statue of Lord Hanuman. (Photo Source: PTI)

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the site a while after the floods took place to take stock of the damage done. The minister was accompanied by officials from the district administration and SDRF personnel. (Photo Source: PTI)