Tehri Garhwal, May 2 -- Around 25 to 30 people were rescued after floating hutments were damaged by a severe storm near Dobra-Chanti in Tehri Garhwal, officials said.

According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Uttarakhand, the Disaster Control Room in Tehri Garhwal received information at around 7:45 pm on Saturday that several floating hutments in the lake near Dobra-Chanti area had been severely affected due to strong winds, raising fears that people were trapped.

Following the alert, an SDRF team from the Koti Colony post, led by Sub-Inspector Narendra Rana, immediately rushed to the site with necessary rescue equipment.

On reaching the location, the team found that the floating hutments had been severely damaged and swep...