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2013 North India foods
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N#$# satellite ima"ery of Northern India on 17 June, sho%in" rainclouds that
led to the disaster
Fatalities &,7'( )1*
+ama"es ',200 ,illa"es a-ected )1*
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India
.ttarakhand
/imachal 0radesh
.ttar 0radesh
Nepal
Far Western 1e"ion
2id Western 1e"ion
2013 North India foods is located in India
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3-ect of food in +archula district of Nepal
4roken end of foot5rid"e o,er the 2andakini 1i,er at 1udrapraya" $an"am
In June 2013, a multi6day cloud5urst centered on the North Indian state of
.ttarakhand caused de,astatin" foods and landslides in the country7s %orst
natural disaster since the 200' tsunami 8hou"h some parts of /imachal
0radesh, /aryana, +elhi and .ttar 0radesh in India e9perienced the food,
some re"ions of Western Nepal, and some parts of Western 8i5et also
e9perienced hea,y rainfall, o,er :&; of the casualties occurred in
.ttarakhand #s of 1< July 2013, accordin" to ="ures pro,ided 5y the
.ttarakhand "o,ernment, more than &,700 people %ere >presumed dead>)2*
8his total included :3' local residents)3*
+estruction of 5rid"es and roads left a5out 100,000 pil"rims and tourists
trapped in the ,alleys leadin" to three of the four /indu ?hota ?har +ham
pil"rima"e sites)'*)&*)<*)7*)(*):*)10* 8he Indian #ir Force, the Indian #rmy,
and paramilitary troops e,acuated more than 110,000 people from the food
ra,a"ed area)11*
?ontents )hide*
1 @ri"in
2 ?onseAuences
21 @ther re"ions
211 National ?apital 1e"ion
212 .ttar 0radesh
213 /imachal 0radesh
21' Nepal
3 1escue operations
' #ftermath
& 3n,ironmental issues
< In Biterature
7 1eferences
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@ri"in)edit*
From 1' to 17 June 2013, the Indian state of .ttarakhand and ad!oinin" areas
recei,ed hea,y rainfall, %hich %as a5out 37&; more than the 5enchmark
rainfall durin" a normal monsoon)12* 8his caused the meltin" of ?hora5ari
Clacier at the hei"ht of 3(00 metres, and eruption of the 2andakini 1i,er)13*
%hich led to hea,y foods near Co5ind"hat, Dedar +ome, 1udrapraya"
district, .ttarakhand, /imachal 0radesh and Western Nepal, and acute rainfall
in other near5y re"ions of +elhi, /aryana, .ttar 0radesh and some parts of
8i5et)1'*
8he upper /imalayan territories of /imachal 0radesh and .ttarakhand are full
of forests and sno%6co,ered mountains and thus remain relati,ely
inaccessi5le 8hey are home to se,eral ma!or and historic /indu and $ikh
pil"rima"e sites 5esides se,eral tourist spots and trekkin" trails /ea,y
rainfall for four consecuti,e days as %ell as meltin" sno% a""ra,ated the
foods)1&* Warnin"s 5y the India 2eteorolo"ical +epartment predictin"
hea,y rains %ere not "i,en %ide pu5licity 5eforehand, causin" thousands of
people to 5e cau"ht una%are, resultin" in hu"e loss of life and property
?onseAuences)edit*
Bandslides, due to the foods, dama"ed se,eral houses and structures, killin"
those %ho %ere trapped)'*)1&* 8he hea,y rains resulted in lar"e fashfoods
and massi,e landslides)1'* 3ntire ,illa"es and settlements such as
Caurikund and the market to%n of 1am 4ada, a transition point to Dedarnath,
ha,e 5een o5literated, %hile the market to%n of $onpraya" su-ered hea,y
dama"e and loss of li,es)(*)1<* 0il"rima"e centres in the re"ion, includin"
Can"otri, Eamunotri, Dedarnath and 4adrinath, the hallo%ed /indu ?hardham
Ffour sitesG pil"rima"e centers, are ,isited 5y thousands of de,otees,
especially after the month of 2ay on%ards @,er 70,000 people %ere stuck in
,arious re"ions 5ecause of dama"ed or 5locked roads)1&* 0eople in other
important locations like the Halley of fo%ers, 1oopkund and the $ikh
pil"rima"e centre /emkund %ere stranded for more than three days)1&*
National /i"h%ay &(, an important artery connectin" the re"ion %as also
%ashed a%ay near Jyotirmath and in many other places)1<* 4ecause
summers ha,e more num5er of tourists, the num5er of people impacted is
su5stantial)17* For more than three days, stranded pil"rims and tourists
%ere %ithout rations or sur,i,ed on little food)1(* 8he roads %ere seriously
dama"ed at more than '&0 places, resultin" in hu"e traIc !ams, and the
foods caused many cars and other ,ehicles to 5e %ashed a%ay)1&* @n 1(
June, more than 12,000 pil"rims %ere stranded at 4adrinath, the popular
pil"rima"e center located on the 5anks of the #laknanda 1i,er)1:*)20*)21*
1escuers at the /indu pil"rima"e to%n of /arid%ar on the ri,er Can"a
reco,ered 5odies of '0 ,ictims %ashed do%n 5y the fooded ri,ers as of 21
June 2013)22* 4odies of people %ashed a%ay in .ttarakhand %ere found in
distant places like 4i!nor, #llaha5ad and 4ulandshahr in .ttar 0radesh)23*
$earchin" for 5odies %ho died durin" the e9treme natural fury of June in
Dedar ,alley continued for se,eral months and e,en as late as $eptem5er,
2013, a5out &&< 5odies %ere found out of %hich 1<< 5odies %ere found in
hi"hly decomposed state durin" fourth round of search operations)2'*
Dedarnath temple, 5efore foods
#lthou"h the Dedarnath 8emple itself %as not dama"ed, its 5ase %as
inundated %ith %ater, mud and 5oulders from the landslide, dama"in" its
perimeter)20* 2any hotels, rest houses and shops around the temple in
Dedarnath to%nship %ere destroyed, resultin" in se,eral casualties 2ost of
the destruction at Dedarnath %as caused 5y a sudden rapid meltin" of ice
and sno% on the Dedarnath 2ountain, < km F37 miG from the temple, %hich
fooded the ?har5ari lake FupstreamG and then Dedarnath 8he temple %as
fooded %ith %ater resultin" in se,eral deaths due to dro%nin" and panic6
dri,en stampede)2&* 3,en after a %eek, dead 5odies had not 5een remo,ed
from Dedarnath to%n, resultin" in %ater contamination in the Dedarnath
,alley and ,illa"ers %ho depend on sprin" %ater su-ered ,arious types of
health pro5lems like fe,er, diarrhoea)'*)2<* When the food receded, satellite
ima"es sho%ed one ne% stream at Dedarnath to%n No dama"e at the
Dedarnath 8emple occurred 8he .ttarakhand Co,ernment announced that
due to the e9tensi,e dama"e to the infrastructure, the temple %ill 5e
temporarily closed to re"ular pil"rims and tourists for a year or t%o, 5ut the
temple rituals %ill still 5e maintained 5y priests)27*)2(*)2:* 8he 8emple
opened for pil"rims on $unday, ' 2ay 201' )30*
@ther re"ions)edit*
National ?apital 1e"ion)edit*
+elhi, Cur"aon and surroundin" areas recei,ed a hi"h amount of rainfall on
1< June 2013, leadin" to foodin" of the lo% lyin" areas of the cities)31* 8he
Eamuna 1i,er s%elled to a ne% hi"h of 2077& meters su5mer"in" the lo%
lyin" food plains alon" the 5anks)32*)33*
.ttar 0radesh)edit*
<0( ,illa"es, co,erin" a population of 700,000, in 23 districts of .ttar 0radesh
%ere a-ected 5y the food and #s of 11 July 2013 more than 120 deaths %ere
reported from the state)3'*
/imachal 0radesh)edit*
In /imachal 0radesh, foods caused loss of life and property and death toll in
the state %as 20)3&*
Nepal)edit*
#5out <000 citiJens of Nepal %ere ,isitin" the Indian re"ion, of %hich 1,000
%ere rescued as of 22 June 2013)3<* Floodin" of the +hauli"an"a and the
2ahakali ri,ers had caused e9tensi,e dama"e, %ith reports of 12( houses
and 13 "o,ernment oIces s%ept a%ay and o,er 1000 people homeless)37*
)3(* # 5rid"e that !oins the India6Nepal 5order is hi"hly dama"ed or
destroyed
1escue operations)edit*
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#ftermath)edit*
8he 0rime 2inister of India undertook an aerial sur,ey of the a-ected areas
and announced IN110 5illion F.$K170 millionG aid packa"e for disaster relief
e-orts in the state)3:* $e,eral state "o,ernments announced =nancial
assistance, %ith .ttar 0radesh pled"in" IN12&0 million F.$K'2 millionG,)'0*
the "o,ernments of /aryana,)'1* 2aharashtra)'2* and +elhi IN1100 million
F.$K17 millionG each, the "o,ernments of 8amil Nadu,)'3* @disha,)''*
Cu!arat,)'&* 2adhya 0radesh and ?hhattis"arh IN1&0 million F.$K('0,000G
each 8he .$ #m5assador to India e9tended a =nancial help of .$+ K1&0,000
throu"h the .nited $tates #"ency for International +e,elopment F.$#I+G to
the NC@s %orkin" in the area)'<* and announced that the .$ %ill pro,ide
further =nancial aid of .$+ K7&,000)'<*
8he Co,ernment of India also cancelled : 5atches, or half the annual 5atches
of the Dailash62ansaro,ar Eatra, a /indu pil"rima"e)'7* 8he ?hardham Eatra
pil"rima"e, co,erin" Can"otri, Eamunotri, Dedarnath and 4adrinath %as
cancelled for 2 years to repair dama"ed roads and infrastructure, accordin"
to the .ttarakhand Co,ernment)'(*
Co,ernment a"encies and priests of Dedarnath temple %ere plannin" mass
cremation of the hundreds of ,ictims, after one %eek of tra"edy)':*)&0*
Bocal youths from se,eral a-ected ,illa"es near Can"otri helped stranded
tourists and pil"rims, 5y sendin" messa"es to their places and 5y pro,idin"
food)&1* 1escuers also retrie,ed appro9imately IN110 million F.$K170,000G
and other !e%ellery from local persons, includin" some people dressed like
sadhu 5a5as, %ho reportedly collected it from a destroyed 5uildin" of a 4ank
and dama"ed shops)&2*)&3*)&'*
3n,ironmental issues)edit*
.nprecedented destruction 5y the rainfall %itnessed in .ttarakhand state %as
attri5uted, 5y en,ironmentalists, to unscienti=c de,elopmental acti,ities
undertaken in recent decades contri5utin" to hi"h le,el of loss of property
and li,es)'* 1oads constructed in haphaJard style, ne% resorts and hotels
5uilt on fra"ile ri,er 5anks and more than 70 hydroelectric pro!ects in the
%atersheds of the state led to a >disaster %aitin" to happen> as termed 5y
certain en,ironmentalists)&&* 8he en,ironmental e9perts reported that the
tunnels 5uilt and 5lasts undertaken for the 70 hydro electric pro!ects
contri5uted to the ecolo"ical im5alance in the state, %ith fo%s of ri,er %ater
restricted and the streamside de,elopment acti,ity contri5utin" to a hi"her
num5er of landslides and more foodin")'*)&&*
In Biterature)edit*
# no,el named ># Bon" Journey> %as %ritten and pu5lished 5y independent
author 0a%an Dumar 0andey, %hich has the foods and the resultin" tra"edy
in its 5ack"round)&<*)&7*
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