rudrapur people living in the villages of floodravaged uttarakhand are now left with the daunting task of rebuilding their damaged houses and coping with depleting rations we have supplies left for just three or four more days the problem is that the village is completely cut off there was a bridge which connected us with guptkashi but it was washed away so have the roads and there is no proper route left i had to walk for more than 22km to reach guptkashi said surendra singh the gram pradhan of chaumasi village chaumasi village with a population of about 600 is above kalimath on one of the slopes overlooking the mandakini here singh had come to guptkashi along with other village pradhans to request the district administration for food supplies among other things the requirements included supply of tents and tarpaulin to arrange for shelter for the members of those household whose dwellings were damaged in the torrential rains we have 12 people missing from our village all men nine of them married the rest were teenagers all used to work in kedarnath during the tourist season singh added lack of electricity proper drinking water and food supply are some of the major problems faced by people trying to rehabilitate themselves in the nearby villages we have been without electricity since june 15 when the first spell of heavy rains began we are caught in a vicious circle of troubles to get help we need to contact the administration but that is not possible as without electricity no cellphones can be charged pradhan of jalmalla village trilok singh rawat said to get food we need a supply line and roads which are functional but all roads including to foot trails are destroyed rawat added we have come here to request district officials to reach supplies to our village we are out of food oil and safe drinking water he lamented