Uttarakhand : Heavy rain in Dehradun, water entered Rana village of Yamunotri, 212 roads including three national highways closed

The weather again changed in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. It rained heavily in Dehradun in the afternoon. At the same time, according to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of rain and thundershowers in all the districts. Especially in the districts of Dehradun, Pauri, Champawat, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar, there may be heavy rain with thunderstorms. At the same time, it has been cloudy across the state since morning. In Mussoorie, along with dense clouds, fog is also covered.

Possibility of rain with thunder in all the districts. Heavy rain with thunderstorms in Dehradun, Pauri, Champawat, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts: Met Centre Dehradun

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212 roads including three national highways closed
Heavy rains in the hilly areas on Tuesday disrupted life in the state. 212 roads, including three national highways, were closed due to landslides and heavy debris. Two bridges have been damaged at Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh. Apart from this, electricity and water lines have also been damaged in many places. Due to this people are facing problems.

According to the bulletin issued by Lonvi at 5 pm on Tuesday, 14 state highways, 10 main district roads, six other district roads, 79 rural roads and 100 roads of PMGSY are closed due to landslides and heavy debris in the state. Only 66 roads could be opened on Tuesday. While 89 roads were closed. Apart from this, 125 roads were closed from the day before. In this way, action is being taken to open a total of 212 roads. Of these, 235 JSHB machines have been deployed.

At the same time, according to the State Emergency Operation Center located at the Secretariat, a 21 meter span steel girder bridge located on the Uttarkashi-Tehri-Ghansali-Mayali-Tilwara motorway in Rudraprayag has been damaged. Action is being taken to build Valley Bridge to smooth the traffic. A bridge has also been damaged on the Quiti-Birthi-Munsiyari motor road in Pithoragarh district. The traffic has been diverted under the alternate arrangement of BRO. Electricity and drinking water lines have also been damaged at many places in the district.

Badrinath Highway remained closed for four hours in Sirohbagad
The landslide-affected zone Sirohbagad on the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway has become very sensitive. Even in light rain, stones are falling from the hill along with debris. The highway remained closed for four hours on Tuesday. On the other hand, Mayali-Chirbatia-Ghansali state motor road remained blocked in Buranshkantha for the seventh day. The Tilwara-Saurakhal link motor road is also closed in the district.

On Tuesday, the Badrinath Highway remained blocked from 4 am to 8 am. At the same time, the traffic was blocked for an hour due to heavy debris coming towards Khankra, half a km ahead of Sirohbagad. During this, vehicles were operated on the Dungripanth-Chantikhal-Daijmanda-Khankra motorway. The highway is also in dilapidated condition in Naugaon and Narkota. On the other hand, Mayali-Chirbatia-Ghansali state road has been closed for seven days. Ajay Thapliyal, assistant engineer of LND, said that the cleaning of the debris is almost done. Now, the boulders are being broken down. Here, the Tilwara-Saurakhal motorway is closed due to debris at various places.

Water entered Rana village of Yamunotri area
Road debris and water reached the courtyard of people’s houses in Rana village adjoining Yamunotri area. Seeing the water, the villagers spent the night awake. Kedar Singh Chauhan’s residential house came under the grip of debris and stayed out overnight along with his family. The villagers have held the contractor and department responsible for the construction of Rana Chatti Dagudgaon Nishani road. Debris has come to this village many times before. On the other hand, due to rain, about 25 meters near the Natwar barrier of Wildlife Sanctuary collapsed. Due to the closure of the motor road, 42 villages of Govind Wildlife Vihar area have been cut off from the Tehsil Headquarters. At the same time, a vehicle parked on the road was also buried under the debris due to heavy debris.

House collapsed in kotdwar
In Ratanpur village of Saneha Bhabar of Kotdwar, the source was in spate due to heavy rains this morning. Due to which massive landslides caused damage to buildings, one house completely collapsed and many houses are in danger. As soon as the information was received, Tehsil Administration SDM Tehsildar and Revenue Department employees reached the spot, they inspected the spot and sent their report to the district administration.