After a few days of relief, the weather changed again from late Tuesday night. The rain that started late Tuesday night continued till late Wednesday night, sometimes lightly and sometimes heavily. In many places, rivers, streams, and culverts overflowed. Due to continuous rain, water has entered 45 houses in Haldwani. Due to heavy rain near Chakluva on the Haldwani-Ramnagar road, a part of the road near the culvert got washed away for the third time. A child got washed away in the drain in Haldwani, he is not known at the moment. A young man got washed away along with his bike near Damuwadhunga Ambedkar Park and was saved by the people. In Kaladhungi, a car got washed away in the drain, and two people riding in it were barely saved. In Bhimtal, one person died due to the falling of stones from the mountain. Apart from this, life was also affected by rain in Nainital, Bhimtal, Ramnagar, and other rural areas. Because of the weather department’s warning, the district administration has issued an order to keep all government, and non-government schools and Anganwadi centers from Class 1 to Class 12 closed on Thursday as well.

Hasnain, a resident of Shani Bazar Indiranagar, lives here with his family. On Wednesday, Hasnain’s wife sent his eight-year-old son Rizwan to the shop to buy sugar at around 4:40 pm. The drain was overflowing due to the rain since Tuesday night. The child suddenly fell into the drain. As soon as he fell into the drain, two children standing nearby started shouting. The nearby shopkeepers informed the police and administration.

On receiving the information, City Magistrate AP Vajpayee, Municipal Health Officer Dr. Manoj Kandpal, and Banbhulpura Police Station Head Neeraj Bhakuni reached out to the team. Later, the fire brigade team was also called. Till the time of writing the news, the child could not be traced. However, the children who were making noise in the beginning kept changing their statements due to which the police and the people remained in doubt whether Rizwan had drowned or not.

On the other hand, the drain of Damuwadhunga Ambedkar Park was also overflowing. Around 6 pm, Vijay, a resident of Damuwadhunga, was going home on his bike. While crossing the drain, he was swept away along with his bike in the strong current of water. Laxman, Rinku, Neeraj, Anil, Ashish, Rohit Kumar, etc. who were present on the spot jumped and saved Vijay. After the water level decreased, the bike was also pulled out with the help of ropes.

Here, a car was swept away in the strong current of Methi Shah Nallah in Kaladhungi. Two people in the car somehow saved their lives by jumping out. At the same time, the news of the car being swept away created panic among the people. On receiving the information, the police also reached the spot. Due to the lights of the floating car being on, everyone was worried about how to save the car riders. However, after a little investigation, it was found that the people in the car had come out of the car in time, and the police and the people heaved a sigh of relief. SHO Bhagwan Singh Maher said that there were two people from Gadarpur in the car, Riyaz and Rizwan, who had gone out in search of a resort due to bad weather, but their car started flowing in the flood in Methi Shah Nallah, which they somehow saved their lives. Due to the strong flow in the drain, the car could not be pulled out till the time of writing the news.

Man Hit by Falling Mountain Stone in Udiyari died immideately.

On Tuesday evening, in the village panchayat Udiari Palladhar of Bhimtal block, Laalram (48) son of Bachhiram died after being hit by a stone that fell from a hill while he was grazing cattle in the forest. Khansyu SHO Rohitash Sagar said that when Laalram did not reach home till evening, his family informed the police. Following this, a search was started for him. During the search, Laalram was found dead in the forest. After the post-mortem on Wednesday, the body was handed over to the family. No written complaint has been submitted to the police by the family.

Heavy Rains Wash Away Road Near Culvert for Third Time.

Once again, a part of the road was washed away due to the strong flow in the drain near Chakluva. The base wall built under the culvert has also been washed away due to which the slab of the culvert has tilted to the other side. PWD has closed the road for traffic. PWD will now build a Bailey bridge here. Due to the rain, the strong water flow from the forest caused heavy damage to the culvert built on the Ramnagar-Kaladhungi-Haldwani road near Chakluva. A part of the road was washed away due to the water. The slab built above the culvert also tilts to the other side. On receiving the information, PWD officials inspected the spot. An iron base has been placed under the slab of the culvert by using a crane. PWD EE Ashok Kumar said that a Bailey bridge will be built here for now. He expressed hope that the road would be opened within three days.

Let us tell you that the base of this culvert has been washed away twice in the past. Water had also damaged the road. A few days ago, PWD repaired the road and culvert and opened it for traffic. On the other hand, the villagers allege that PWD got so much time in between. Even after this, PWD was not able to make security arrangements. If PWD had already made a check dam or wire barricading on both sides of the road, then the culvert and the road would not have been damaged today.

Water kept dripping in the wards of BD Pandey Hospital

During the rain in Nainital city on Wednesday, patients were troubled due to water dripping from the roof of the women’s ward and X-ray ward of BD Pandey Hospital. The women’s ward was filled with water. The staff tried to prevent water from falling on the floor by placing buckets near the beds of the patients. The X-ray machine also had to be turned off amid the dripping water, due to which the patients who came for X-ray had to return disappointed. Let us tell you that due to the roof repair work in BD Pandey Hospital, the roof of the hospital office has been removed these days. As soon as it rains, water starts dripping in the wards. Here, PMS Dr. TK Tamta said that a demand has been made to the district administration for repairing the roof. In the first phase, the roof of the office and OPD is being changed. In the second phase, after getting the budget, the roof of the said ward will be repaired. At present, protection is being done by putting polythene, but due to rain and wind, the foil is flying, due to which water is entering the ward.