Uttarakhand flash flood: Cop’s physique washed up 110 km away, at ancestors’ ghat

On Sunday, after the flash flood hit the Rishi Ganga energy mission web site in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, Manoj Chaudhary, 42, a head constable with the Uttarakhand Police, was amongst these reported lacking. A day later, his physique was recovered 110 km away, from a ghat close to the confluence of the Alaknanda and Pindar rivers in Karnaprayag, the place his ancestral village is positioned.
“This is the very ghat where all our ancestors were cremated. The ghat is very close to our ancestral village Kanaudi. Ittefaq hai. Magar yeh to upar wale ki kripra rahi ki unki body apne purvajon ke ghat par pahunch kar ruk gai (It’s a coincidence, but it’s God’s grace that his body found its way to the ghat of our ancestors),” mentioned Anil Chaudhary, Manoj’s elder brother. On Tuesday, Manoj was cremated on the ghat with state honours.
The Rishi Ganga river meets Dhauli Ganga, which additional downstream meets the Alaknanda.
Chaudhary, who joined the Uttar Pradesh Police about 20 years again, opted to remain on within the hills when Uttarakhand turned a separate state. Until mid-January, he was on the police strains in Gopeshwar and was deployed on the Rishi Ganga energy mission web site solely 15 days earlier than the flash flood.
“I got a call from the police informing me that Manoj and another policeman were missing from the Rishi Ganga site. I reached the spot and his colleagues told me the flood had washed his away. I was returning home, when I got photographs of four bodies recovered at Karnaprayag. Manoj was one them,” mentioned Anil, including that he hopes his sister-in-law Seema, a graduate, will get a authorities job on compassionate grounds.

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Constable Suresh Bhandari of Dehradun, who was on responsibility with Manoj and two others, constable Balbir Singh Gariya (58) and constable Deepraj, mentioned, “Deepraj and I were at the main gate and Manoj and Balbir were in the rooms. I heard a whistling sound from Raini village and in a few seconds, a cloud of dust was in front of us. Deepraj and I started running up towards the road. I tried to call out to Balbir and Manoj, but they were probably stuck.”

Constable Deepraj, 41, mentioned, “Balbir’s body was found near the gate, which means that he probably tried to escape but failed to reach a higher place.”
Uttarakhand police chief spokesperson Nilesh Anand Bharney mentioned the households of the deceased policemen will probably be compensated as per authorities guidelines.