Uttarakhand s Chief Minister visited the areas affected by Tuesday s cloudburst
Dehradun:
A day after a cloudburst hit Devprayag in Uttarakhand s Tehri district, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Wednesday visited the affected areas along with his ministerial colleagues for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation.
Accompanied by Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal, Disaster Management Minister Dhan Singh Rawat and local MLA Vinod Kandari, the chief minister also met the affected people and assured them of all help.
He asked District Magistrate Iva Shrivastava to extend assistance to the affected people at the earliest.
The cloudburst on Tuesday razed two municipal buildings to the ground and damaged several shops.It also damaged pedestrian bridges, water pipelines and electricity supply lines.