INDIA: LANDSLIDES CAUSED BY RAINS IN THE HIMALAYAN REGION OF UTTAR PARDESH BLOCK A RIVER JEOPARDISING LIVES OF RESIDENTS

Record ID: 980897

  • Title: INDIA: LANDSLIDES CAUSED BY RAINS IN THE HIMALAYAN REGION OF UTTAR PARDESH BLOCK A RIVER JEOPARDISING LIVES OF RESIDENTS
  • Date: 27th July 1999
  • Summary: NAINITAL, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (JULY 25, 1999) 1. GV GOLA RIVER 0.06 2. GV OF WASHED AWAY FIELDS (3 SHOTS) 0.21 3. GV ARTIFICIAL LAKE 0.26 4. GV WATER FLOWING INTO THE LAKE 0.31 5. LV/SLV MAN CROSSING THE RIVER USING A ROPE (2 SHOTS) 0.44 6. LV LANDSLIDES (2 SHOTS) 0.54 7. SV/CU STREAM FLOWING INTO THE RIVER (2 SHOTS) 1.04 8. SV PEOPLE WATCHING (2 SHOTS) 1.17 9. MCU (Hindi) SHANKAR LAL, VILLAGER: "People have been forced to move in deep forests in the higher areas after the landslide. We are not getting anything to eat. More over, there is a fear of wild animals all around." 1.39 10. MCU (Hindi) K.D.PANDEY, VILLAGER SAYING:"We have repeatedly raised our voice and have demanded the stoppage be removed tactfully, but no one listens. If this barrier bursts, not only the people of our area but large population in the lower areas of Kathgodam, Haldwani and even Barelley would be flooded." 2.17 11. GV OF LANDSLIDES (3 SHOTS) 2.31 12. GV RIVER FLOWING NEAR A SETTLEMENT (2 SHOTS) 2.41 13. SV/CU OF FARM LANDED ERODED BY FLOOD/WATER RUNNING THROUGH ROAD (4 SHOTS) 3.02 14. MCU (Hindi) SESH MANI PANDEY, LOCAL OFFICIAL SAYING: "We have asked the irrigation department to remove this blockade but they have not started anything as yet." 3.23 15. GV FLOWING RIVER (2 SHOTS) 3.35 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NAINITAL, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • Country: India
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