DEHRADUN: Incessant rains that lashed Uttarakhand in the last 24 hours killed at least 10 people, officials saidon Friday. While major rivers are flowing close to the danger mark, the water level at Tehri dam reached 800 metre. Due to heavy rain on Thursday night, the Paniyali Gadhera (a rain-fed channel) at Kotdwarin Pauri swelled and flowed dangerously towards a refugee colony. Nainital district magistrate Deependra Chaudhary decided not to take any risk in the dark and strong water currents. Nainital SSP Janmejay Khanduri said rescue teams waited for the water level to go down as there could have been serious problems in the swift currents .

Source: Hindustan Times August 04, 2017 14:26 UTC