Heavy rainfall across Uttarakhand has affected the mountanious regions. Due to this, Badrinath Yatra has been suspended temporarily. Several roads across Dehradun district have been blocked too following rainfall-triggered landslides. Some people are reported to have been injured in the landslides.
The administration has made relief centres for those affected by the rains and the landslides the rain had spawned. Special arrangements have been made too for the pilgrims who are stranded midway.
It is learnt from the official sources that Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Pauri, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Champawat and Nainital districts have borne the maximum brunt of the recent rainy spell.
The Met office has forecast light to moderate rain/thundershowers at many places in Uttarakhand on Sunday. Dehradun disaster control room received by Saturday evening 13 phone calls related to water-logging, collapse of boundary walls, road blocks and others over the past 24 hours particularly from those living in the mountainous parts of the district.
According to disaster control room officials, the complaints came mainly from Kotha Parli, JPRR Kanu, Goyera Dau, Mnsi Gati dau, Quatha Samar Jain, Gadal Chakrol, Yamuna Hathi Pau, Saiya Alsi, Saiya Quanu, Saiya Haripur Ichhari, Quasi Damta,Magadu Kala, kali Gad Sarona, lambi Dar Kimari and others.
In Pithoragarh district, around 150 families have been affected due to rainfall and landslides. Eight disaster relief centres have been made for affected people. Twelve rural roads in Pithoragarh district have been blocked due to the landslides.
Three important roads- Tawaghat-Pangla motor road, Tawaghat-Kanjyoti-Sobla motor road, Thal-Munsiyari motro road, were blocked in the aftermath of the rains and the subsequent landslides.
In Chamoli district, Rishikesh Badrinath National Highway, lambagad, Bainakuli and Tahiya bridge have been blocked for traffic. Officials say that Badrinath yatra has been suspended temporarily. Around 29 village roads have been blocked due to landslides.
In Pauri district, 29 rural roads have been blocked. In Tehri district, around 45 families have been provided shelter in relief centres pitched by the administration.
About 23 rural roads have remained blocked for traffic too. In Uttarkashi, Rishikesh- Gangotri National Highway, stretches through Helgugaad and Gangnani have been blocked too. Side by side, 19 village roads were blocked.
In Champawat, four rural roads have been blocked for traffic. In Nainital district, seven rural roads are blocked. The department officials have been pressed into service to open the roads, officials said.
It drizzled in Dehradun city on Saturday morning followed by an overcast sky. The sky partially cleared by the evening. Things were hot and humid throughout the day. However, the Met office said that the maximum and the minimum temperatures were one notch below the normal respectively on Saturday.
The Met office has forecast light to moderate rain/thundershowers at many places in Uttarakhand till August 2 starting from Sunday. Very light to light rain/thundershowers has been forecast at a few places with moderate rainfall at isolated places in Uttarakhand on August 3.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is generally cloudy sky with possibility of one or two spells rain/ thunder showers in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30ºC and 22ºC respectively in Dehradun on Sunday. Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Saturday, rainfall of varying degrees was reported from some places in the state. While 55.1 mm rainfall was reported in Dehradun it was 21.1 mm in Tehri, 16.4 mm in Mukteshwar and 30.8 mm in Pantnagar.
The Met centre director Vikram Singh informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 28.6 ºC Celsius and 22.0ºC Celsius in Dehradun while it was 17.5ºC and 15.1ºC in Mukteshwar, 21.6ºC and 17.1ºC in Tehri and 31.8ºC and 24.8ºC in Pantnagar on Saturday.
