Watch: Ganga water level rises in Rishikesh after heavy rainfall

The water level of Ganga has risen in Rishikesh because of heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand. According to officials, the river was flowing at danger at noon on August 14.

Officials said that 435 mm of rainfall was recorded in Rishikesh on the night of August 13. Heavy rains have also inundated various low-lying areas in Rishikesh while the rural areas have been flooded with the State Disaster Response Force evacuating people to a safer place.

Alaknanda, Mandakini and Ganga rivers were flowing above the danger level at Rudraprayag, Shrinagar and Devprayag, the disaster control room said.

The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for rain for Monday in six districts of Uttarakhand, including Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and Champawat and issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rain in Haridwar.

A defence training academy on the outskirts of Dehradun collapsed on Monday as torrential rains pounded the state, while five people were missing after a series of landslides, including along the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri shrines, officials said.

Located on the banks of Song river near Lalpul, the building of the Dehradun Defence Academy caved in on Monday morning, Tehri Sub Divisional Magistrate Ashish Ghildiyal said.

No one was injured as the building had been vacated in advance, he said.

It is a private institution whose building was constructed 15 years ago, former Zilla panchayat member Akhilesh Uniyal said.

Incessant rains also triggered landslides in many areas of the state.

(with PTI inputs)