Senior journalist and president of Uttarakhand Journalists Forum who translated Hindi book Delkhi Peed Pahaad titled “HAVOC IN HEAVEN”, today presented it to the minister of Agriculture, Uttarakhand, Ganesh Joshi at Rishikesh in a function.
The book written in Hindi ” Peed Pahad ki”, by Ved Uniyal, journalist after extensive research, indepth thinking and confabulation with the sufferers, was translated by in English by journalist Negi, adding some more articles on natural disasters in it.
The book encompasses the real happenings and subsequent plight of the sufferers during the Kedarnath disaster of 2013, earning accolades from the readers for the relevant depiction of the heart rendering tragedy of the catastrophic disaster caused by the massive uncontrollable deluge as a consequence of bursting of the Gandhi Sarovar due to cloud bursts.
The book highlights the actual plight and true account as well as sufferings of the local inhabitants adversely and badly affected by the Kedarnath deluge and subsequent mismanagement, including negligence by the then authorities concerned giving them no relief with Army officers and jawans doing a yeoman service to the affected families and deluge survivers etc.
Unfortunately, the worst ever deluge had led to nearly ten thousand deaths and collosal loss of the state’s economy and massive destruction as well.
In the picture above, alongside is the mayor of Rishikesh Anita Mamgain.
Niharika Ghia
Hearty Congratulations to Sunil Sir