At least 42 people were killed in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region on Tuesday as several houses collapsed following incessant downpour, taking the toll due to rain-related incidents in the state to 47.

With 42 new fatalities, the toll in the disaster has risen to 47 as five deaths were reported on Monday. “The number of casualties in the Kumaon region alone has crossed 40,” deputy inspector-general of police Nilesh Anand Bharne told PTI.

Twenty-eight people were killed in Nainital district, six each in Almora and Champawat, and one each in Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar districts, he said.

Connectivity to Nainital, cut off from the rest of the state for the second day, was restored in the evening, officials said.

Submerged cars at the resort on Tuesday. (AP/PTI)

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami undertook an aerial survey of the rain-hit areas and also interacted with the affected people.

DIG Bharne said despite bad weather and continuing showers, the blocked roads in Nainital were cleared of rubble and connectivity to the tourist spot was restored.

Around 100 people stranded at the Lemon Tree resort on the Ramnagar-Ranikhet route after water from a swollen Kosi river entered the resort were evacuated to safety.

Dhami said the meteorological department has predicted an improvement in weather conditions from Tuesday evening onwards.