On 16 – 17 June 2013, Uttarakhand witnessed cloudburst & flash foods in the upper reaches of Himalayas causing extensive damages in Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi, Tehri, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh. Thou-sands of pilgrims were stranded and all the approach roads & the na-tional highways leading to Chardhams were washed away at many plac-es. To lend a helping hand to the distressed & effected families the CII Foundation also initiated the rehabilitation project in the disaster af-fected areas of Uttarakhand