At least 14 persons were missing and 20 injured after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rainfall buried more than 30 homes under debris in Nandanagar of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Thursday, PTI reported.

This came two days after 23 persons were killed in cloudburst-related floods and landslides in Dehradun and the neighbouring districts of Uttarakhand.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told reporters on Thursday that 33 houses, several shops and cowsheds in the Kuntari Lagaphali, Kuntari Lagasarpani, Sera and Dhurma villages in Nandanagar had been destroyed by debris.

He added that more than 200 persons had been affected due to rain-related incidents.

National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force teams had reached the affected areas and rescue operations were underway, said Dhami.

Earlier in the day, Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said that eight persons, including four members of a family, were missing in Kuntari village, where about half a dozen houses were swept away, PTI reported.

Tiwari said that 10 to 12 houses had been completely damaged and the number of missing persons could rise, The Indian Express reported.

Two more persons were reported missing in Dhurma village after the Moksha River damaged several buildings, PTI reported.

Those missing from the Kuntari village are Kunwar Singh, his wife Kanta Devi, sons Vikas and Vishal, Narendra Singh, Jagdamba Prasad, Bhaga Devi and Deveshwari Devi. The two persons missing from Dhurma are Guman Singh and Mamta Devi.

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