Kali River Residents Alerted After Water Accumulates in Nepal's Chameliya River
Residents along Uttarakhand's Kali river have been alerted after water accumulated in Nepal's neighboring Chameliya river.
Current Summary
Pithoragarh district administration has raised surveillance along the Kali river after a landslide in Nepal's Darchula affected the flow of the Chameliya River, a tributary of the Kali, according to a September 6 ETV Bharat report. Earlier September 5 reports from ThePrint and Daily Pioneer said residents near the Kali river had been alerted after water accumulated in the Chameliya following the landslide, and a September 5 Tribune India report showed video of a further massive landslide in Darchula, days after deadly flash floods struck the area. The reports do not disclose current water levels, whether any evacuation has occurred, casualty figures from the flash floods, or a timeline for the risk to ease.
What We Know
- Water has accumulated in Nepal's Chameliya River, a tributary of the Kali river.
- Residents near the Kali river in Uttarakhand have been alerted as a precaution.
- The water accumulation in Nepal's Chameliya River followed a landslide, according to a September 5 Daily Pioneer report.
- Villages along the Kali riverbank in Pithoragarh district have been alerted as a precaution.
- Another landslide has struck Nepal's Darchula on or before September 5, days after deadly flash floods hit the same border area, according to a Tribune India report.
- Pithoragarh administration has raised surveillance along the Kali riverbank as of September 6.
What Is Still Unclear
- The cause of the water accumulation.
- Current water levels on the Kali river.
- Whether any evacuation or precautionary measures beyond the alert have been ordered.
- How long the risk is expected to persist.
Residents near the Kali river have been advised to stay alert for possible changes in water levels.
What Changed
- 6 Sept, 11:50 amPithoragarh district administration has raised surveillance along the Kali riverbank after a landslide in Nepal's Darchula affected the flow of the Chameliya river, a tributary of the Kali, according to a September 6 ETV Bharat report. This follows an earlier alert issued to riverside villages.
- 5 Sept, 09:50 pmA September 5 Tribune India report shows video of another massive landslide in Nepal's Darchula, days after deadly flash floods struck the area. Darchula sits across the Kali/Mahakali river from Pithoragarh, and the earlier landslide-driven water accumulation in the Chameliya River, a Kali tributary, prompted alerts to riverbank villages in the district. The report does not disclose casualty figures from the flash floods, the exact location of the new landslide, or its effect on water levels in the Kali.
- 5 Sept, 06:40 pmA September 5 Daily Pioneer report says the water accumulation in Nepal's Chameliya River followed a landslide, prompting Uttarakhand authorities to alert villages along the Kali riverbank in Pithoragarh district.
- 5 Sept, 04:51 pmSignal detected: Kali River Residents Alerted After Water Accumulates in Nepal's Chameliya River