With little or no information coming about their loved ones, relatives of the flood victims remained anxious and blamed the authorities for inaction, across different cities in India.
Though rescue operations are in full swing at the disaster sites, media reports say that thousands of pilgrims and tourists are still stranded.
Reportedly, more than 60,000 people are stranded in parts of northern India awaited rescuers, as floods caused by heavier-than-usual monsoon rains killed at least 150 people in worst hit Uttarakhand.
Thousands of people are still stuck at Kedarnath shrine, where over 50 people have died reportedly.
Thousands of houses have been swept away in the flash floods and authorities are using helicopters to evacuate people and drop essential food supplies.
Kin of some victims in Madhya Pradesh remained worried, as they were not able to contact their relatives.
A middle-aged woman, Leela Sthapak, was dying to get in touch with her missing family members, who went on to visit the Kedarnath shrine.
Interacting with the reporter, Leela shared her pain and anxiety at her residence in Bhopal.
A heart broken Leela blamed authorities for not helping her out in locating her dear ones.
"We are trying to contact our relatives by calling various control rooms. Nobody from the administration is helping us. Neither the federal nor the provincial government is helping us. We are very worried and distressed," she said.
A similar situation was seen in Odisha.
Several helpless families had been waiting to hear about or from their relatives in Bhubaneswar.
Rajan Satpathi, 65, was worried about his daughter and son-in-law, who were touring Uttarakhand.
Sharing his grief, Rajan, urged the government to save his daughter and her husband.
"My daughter and son-in-law are trapped in the Uttarakhand floods. We are not able to contact them. We request to the government rescue them," he said.
Meanwhile, people across India had come forward to help the victims of the flood fury.
A team of 14 doctors of Ram Manohar Lohia Medical Institute in northern Lucknow city of Uttar Pradesh were about to leave for Uttarakhand.
The team included surgeons, orthopaedics, anaesthetists and first-aid experts.
Interacting with the reporter, one of the doctors from the team, Sandeep Tiwari, said that they were going to Uttarakhand as the province lacked sufficient number of doctors, in general.
"A team of 14 doctors are going to Uttarakhand. The director of RML, doctor M.C Pant and professor D K Gupta expressed their desire, of sending a medical team to the affected area, before the Chief Minister. They decided to send the team as Uttarakhand in general has lesser number of doctors," Tiwari said.
A travel agent in Rajkot, Rakshit Joshi, has taken the initiative to help survivors.
Joshi, who plans trips to Uttarakhand every year for several tourists, was doing something different this year.
Joshi had managed to seek co-operation from local transporters and airlines service operators.
He had been gathering eatables, other supplies and money from the locals in Rajkot and was sending them to the affected regions.
Giving details about his rescue mission, Joshi said that he intended to provide monetary assistance to the rescued pilgrims.
"Our aim is to provide money to the rescued people so that they can reach their homes. We will also provide money for their foods," he said.
The states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh had witnessed torrential rains at least thrice as heavy as usual since last week when the annual monsoon broke a fortnight ahead of schedule.
Early monsoon rains had swollen the River Ganga, India's longest river and also its mega tributary, River Yamuna causing death and destruction along their banks in the Himalayan region.
For India's farmland, however, above average early rains help moisten the soil, enabling better preparation for seeds and early planting. The June to September monsoon is crucial for the 55 percent of India's farmland without irrigation.
