139 roads blocked in Uttarakhand, schools closed in these districts amid rain warning

Most of the country is drenched in monsoon showers these days. Be it mountains or plains, the weather has become pleasant everywhere. People are getting relief from the heat. But monsoon rain is increasing problems in many places. Rain is wreaking havoc in many states including Uttarakhand. The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for heavy rain in different parts of Uttarakhand on July 5 and 6.

Schools are also closed in Nainital and Pauri due to rain. At the same time, 139 roads are closed due to landslides at various places due to rain. For this, 121 machines have been deployed so that the closed roads can be opened as soon as possible. At present, most parts of the state including Dehradun are cloudy. Let us tell you that heavy rain was recorded in Nainital last night.

Catastrophic rain in Rudraprayag, traffic affected due to breaking of part of the tunnel on Kedarnath Highway

At the same time, a tunnel on the Kedarnath-Rudraprayag highway was also damaged due to continuous rain. However, there is no report of any casualty. But the movement of vehicles going to Kedarnath Dham from this route has been stopped. Passengers are traveling through the bypass motorway. However, the work of opening the tunnel has started.

On the other hand, due to the rain at night, waterlogging has occurred at many places in the city and normal life has been affected. Let us tell you that about 50 meters long tunnel is located on the Kedarnath Highway in Rudraprayag, the front part of this tunnel broke due to rain.