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THE ANATOMY OF DHARALI'S COLLAPSE
The Daily Guardian
|August 09, 2025
In two days, the Indian Army and Air Force airlifted nearly 355 people from cut-off areas like Harsil to safety in Matli, further downstream.
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On a quiet afternoon in early August, the people of Dharali, a small Himalayan village on the road to Gangotri temple, heard a deafening roar.
"I heard a sound like boulders grinding," recalls Sunita Devi of nearby Mukhba village. Within moments, a wall of muddy water and rock was upon Dharali. Witnesses saw the Kheer Ganga stream turn into a monster, a raging torrent tearing through the valley. In a video that later went viral, terrified villagers can be heard screaming, "Everything is over!" as the floodwaters swallowed homes and hotels in seconds. What had been a picturesque pilgrim hamlet in Uttarkashi district was suddenly a scene of carnage and despair.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel search through deep mud and rubble in Dharali village after the flash flood. The once-bustling Himalayan stopover was left half-buried in debris.
A VILLAGE OBLITERATED
This story is from the August 09, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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