Uttarakhand’s Yamunotri, Badrinath highways closed due to falling debris

Tourists as well as locals are stranded due to blocked highway in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi. According to the officials, Yamunotri National Highway was blocked at many places on Saturday due to falling debris near Gangnani.

According to the Uttarkashi administration, the highway was blocked at many places including Chhatanga. Adding to this, officials also said that there has been a lot of debris and stones on the Yamunotri National Highway.

“The fresh spell of rains led to water-logging in Kasturba Gandhi residential school. The school children had to be shifted to safer places,” they said. They continued by saying that teams from the State Disaster Response Force team and the fire brigade were dispatched right away to the area to assist.

Similar to how the Badrinath National Highway close to the Chamoli district was obstructed in three locations by falling debris as the area continued to experience heavy rain.

According to authorities, the event caused a significant number of travellers to become stranded on both sides of the national highway for hours.