Dehradun, Sept. 1 -- Uttarakhand Disaster Management Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman, while exclusively speaking to ANI, said, "A red and orange alert has been issued for all districts in Uttarakhand for the next 3 days."

The secretary stated that owing to heavy rains, waterlogging is a problem being faced in the plains, for which complete preparations have already been made.

On Sunday,CM Pushkar Dhami said, "... Some of our districts are in red alert and some districts are in orange alert... The next 24 to 48 hours are crucial, and we all need to keep a close watch. Our entire district administration, NDRF, SDRF, all departments are on alert... We are also monitoring the Nanak Sagar Dam. It is flowing 5 feet below the danger level...," CM ...