On the previous day, Shri Ashok Kumar IPS, DGP, along with MLA Shri Pritam Singh Panwar, District Magistrate Tehri Garhwal, DIG Garhwal Zone, SSP Dehradun, and General SDRF, along with Kumalda, Sarkhet, Maldevta, and its surroundings carried out an on-site inspection of disaster affected areas. During this, he instructed to continue the rescue operation being done in the disaster after observing the rescue and relief works of the local police and SDRF.