Union House Minister Amit Shah is personally monitoring the state of affairs in Uttarakhand after cloudbursts triggered flash floods within the hill state on Tuesday, in accordance with sources. He additionally met with Members of Parliament from Uttarakhand to take inventory of the state of affairs. A staff of NDRF and 80 military personnel are headed to Uttarakhand, with 4 military choppers on standby. The most important problem for rescue groups is reaching the affected spot resulting from accrued silt and slush. Hostile climate circumstances, together with an orange alert for fixed rainfall, pose a major impediment. Choppers like Chinook, ALH, and B-17 are on standby at numerous airbases.
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