Normal life has been affected in the Dehradun, Tehri, and Bageshwar districts of Uttarakhand due to incessant torrential rainfall since yesterday, August 19.  <br />''<br />''Three people have been reported dead in the calamity. A cloudburst has caused huge destruction in Sarkhet village of Raipur in Dehradun district where the SDRF has been running rescue operations since late night. SDRF has rescued more than 40 people from the area and shifted them to a safe place. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, due to the rise in the water level of the Song river, the bridge connecting 12 villages was also washed away by the strong current of the river.<br />''<br />''A bridge connecting the Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple of Dehradun has been completely damaged due to the rise in the water level of the river in the area. The temple priest said that the rise of the water level posed a threat to the temple premises. Meanwhile, incessant rains in Tehri district have blocked the Badrinath National Highway at Totaghati, Tindhara, and other places.<br />''<br />''Along with this, the road leading to Narendra Nagar of Tehri is also closed due to landslides at many places. Meanwhile, Kapkot motorway in Bageshwar is blocked due to a heavy landslide near Aarey. <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The administration is busy in opening the blocked roads. Ration, utensils, milk, beddings, clothes, stretchers, and other relief materials are being sent to the affected areas. The critically injured are being airlifted by helicopter.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the affected areas where a cloudburst incident was reported last night in Sarkhet village in Raipur block of Dehradun district.  A rescue operation is underway in the area. While inspecting the damaged bridge on Thana Marg, the Chief Minister directed the officers to make the traffic smooth by making alternate arrangements.<br />''<br />''The CM said that the administration and SDRF teams are continuously making relief, rescue, and other arrangements in the disaster-affected areas. He said that the MLAs are monitoring the situation in their respective areas and are in touch with the army and if the need for helicopters would arise, then help will also be taken from the Army. The CM also said that the state helicopters have also been put on alert mode for disaster-affected areas.</span><br />