The structure of the Dehradun Defence College building has been collapsed on Monday amidst incessant rainfall. Dehradun Defence College is situated at the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayas. Here is the video.
VIDEO | Dehradun Defence College building in Uttarakhand's Maldevta collapses amid incessant rainfall. More details are awaited.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a red alert saying that substantial precipitation was accompanied by lightning across six districts. IMD also predicted heavy to extremely heavy rain/ thunderstorm followed by lightning and very intense to extremely intense spell is likely to occur at isolated places in Dehradun, Pauri, Tehri, Nainital, Champawat, and Udham Singh Nagar.
According to the reports, 52 people had died due to rain-related incidents in this monsoon season while another 37 people sustained injuries.