Rescue operations in Uttarakhand

Medical teams and supplies at the ITBP camp in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand after the flash floods | Images by Malayala Manorama

Bailey bridge

A Bailey bridge being constructed to replace the collapsed bridge at Lichibagh on the way to the flash flood site in Dharali, Uttarakhand

Bridge for rescue

Vehicles will have to cross this bridge to reach the disaster site

SDRF rescues people

SDRF team pulls people who escaped from the flash flood

Woman slips on rocks

A woman who was rescued slips while trying to pull herself up from the collapsed bridge

She gets to safety

She is pulled up by the SDRF over a steep area

Woman flees the flash floods

The woman is carried on the shoulders of an SDRF officer to cross the river where the bridge collapsed

Holding on for life

A man swings from a tree on the way to the flash flood site in Dharali

Flying them to safety

A helicopter involved in the rescue operation flies above the site of the bridge