#WATCH | Uttarakhand: River Sahastradhara flooded due to heavy rains in Dehradun since last night. Debris came into the main market, causing damage to hotels
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The floods swept the brass idol of Lord Shiva from the Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple as it was inundated with water.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: Cloudburst in Sahastradhara has led to heavy flooding; visuals show cars buried in debris.
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People shift to safer places as floods triggered by the heavy rainfall cause severe damage to their houses. pic.twitter.com/0nMZf2qUCz
The bridge built by the Gorkha Regiment in 1962, connecting Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Yoga Mandir and Santoshi Mata Mandir, was also washed away. The connection between Veerpur and the rear part of the Army area was cut off.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand | Tamsa river in spate and Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple inundated as heavy rainfall lashes Dehradun.
Temple priest Acharya Bipin Joshi says, "The river started flowing heavily since 5 AM, the entire temple premises were submerged... This kind of situation had… pic.twitter.com/4E6PhKBM6K— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2025
Heavy damage was reported in the Karligarh area.
Teams of SDRF, NDRF, and PWD (Public Works Department) were engaged in relief and rescue work on the spot.
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#WATCH | Uttarakhand | The Chandrabhaga River in Rishikesh has been in spate since this morning, causing water to reach the highway. Three people stranded in the river were rescued by the SDRF team, while several vehicles remain stuck in the water: SDRF
(Video Source: SDRF) pic.twitter.com/iOWiF1Wnxh— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2025
A resident said, "Around 11 pm, we heard a sound as if a mountain had fallen. In the morning, we got to know that our house had also been washed away. We took out as much stuff as we could from our house, but then the mountain behind our house collapsed, and three people got buried under it. Somehow we saved ourselves."
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: People shift to safer places as floods triggered by the heavy rainfall cause severe damage to their houses and properties in Sahastradhara. pic.twitter.com/TXHjE897pb
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the region. He said all the rivers int he state were in spate and cloudburst has occurred in many places. Roads have been completely washed away at about 25-30 places. Houses have suffered a lot and government properties have been damaged. The water level of the rivers has also increased a lot, he added.
This is the second cloudburst in about a month. The last one was in early in the Dharali area of the Uttarkashi followed by devastating flash floods and landslides that destroyed homes, hotels, and homestays.
