Dehradun, Aug. 24 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday left from the GTC helipad in Dehradun to visit disaster-affected areas in Chamoli district, where heavy rains and cloudbursts have caused widespread damage.

"Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has left from the GTC helipad in Dehradun to meet the disaster-affected people at the relief camp in Kulsari and to conduct a field inspection of the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the disaster-affected areas in Tharali, Chamoli," read the statement from the CMO.

According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Dhami will first reach Kulsari, where he will meet people staying in relief camps, and later conduct a field inspection of ongoing rescue and ...