Dehradun, Aug. 10 -- A Border Road Organisation (BRO) personnel was reportedly swept away after a flash flood in a stream at Tamaknala, around 45km from Jyotirmath (formerly Joshimath) in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, on Monday evening, officials said.

Disaster management and rehabilitation secretary Vinod Kumar Suman said teams of the State Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force have been rushed to the spot, while the local administration, police and other departments were carrying out relief and rescue operations.

The search for the missing BRO personnel is underway, officials said.

A Bailey bridge constructed over the stream on the Jyotirmath-Malari motor road also washed away, disrupting connectivity to 16 v...