After Uttarakhand flash flood SDRF installs early warning water-level sensor at Raini village

The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has put in a siren-based early warning water-level sensor system at Raini village in Chamoli district to alert the villagers and catastrophe administration authorities in case of sudden rise within the Rishi Ganga water stage.
The transfer comes after a flash flood on February 7 led to the dying of 62 individuals, washed away the Rishi Ganga hydro-power mission and broken NTPC’s hydro energy mission downstream in Tapovan space. Search operations for lacking individuals Raini village and Tapovan have been ongoing as of Friday, and 142 individuals are nonetheless lacking.
SDRF commandant Navneet Bhullar stated that one water-level sensor has been put in that can sound an alarm when the river’s water stage rises above 3.5 metres. Bhullar stated the alarm might be audible as much as a 5-km radius, and in case of an influence lower, will audible as much as 1-km.
A crew of SDRF personnel has additionally been deployed within the village to alert the state and district management rooms and the senior authorities in case the water stage rises.
The sensor system has come as a reduction to the residents of Raini Chak Subhai and Raini Chak Lata villages, situated at both aspect of the Rishi Ganga — after the flash flood, they spent a number of nights within the forests in order that they didn’t must search for secure floor in case of any catastrophe after sundown.
Bhawan Rana, the pradhan of Raini Chak Subhai village, stated that the sensor has given psychological reduction to residents who’re nervous after the formation of a lake about 6 km upstream from the village.
Meanwhile, a 14-member group of scientists and personnel from SDRF and ITBP on Friday left to go to the lake, analyse the threats prevailing from the water physique and suggest measures to avert any catastrophe from it. The crew is scheduled to succeed in the lake on Saturday.
One of the scientists, Dr Kalachand Sain, who’s the director of the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, stated there isn’t a risk from the lake to this point as a result of water was discharging from it repeatedly.
Earlier, on February 17, three DRDO scientists and SDRF personnel had left for the lake. Both teams will collectively examine the lake and submit a report back to the federal government.