But the loss the region has suffered this time is horrifying.
In Augustwhen flash floods occurred in Uttarkashi, the Uttarakhand Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre had recommended strict regulation of developmental initiatives near streams and rivers.
It seems the governments are not ready to learn from past mistakes. Despite knowing the fact that all the hill districts of the Uttarakhand fall in a zone that is highly seismic and landslide-prone, the cutting of mountains for the construction of roads is happening at a faster rate.
To cater to the need of growing tourism economy government is giving way to the unregulated infrastructure construction, environmental degradation and have no policy for proper land use. Its floodgates were opened without warning. The film is based on a couple facing difficulties during the disaster.
The floods were the second worst natural disaster in the country, after the tsunami.
When the floods came, many of those illegal structures got demolished anyway. He appreciated the step taken by the state government, but later realised that there are no checkpoints to monitor and restrict the entry of unregistered people on the trek.
A meeting was held in state branch where around 30 volunteers participated who committed their time for relief operation activities. Three drinking water projects have got washed away in Garur block, while 71 streams and 40 canals have been damaged.
The help was later politely rejected by Government of India. According to the Char Dham control room records, there were 26, people in Kedar Valley on June The report, prepared by the State Disaster Management Control Room in Dehradun, gave an assessment of the scale of the disaster.