Eight people were buried in landslide debris with six of them dying, one missing and one sustaining injuries in Budha Kedar area of Tehri district on Wednesday.
According to information provided by the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), at about 6 AM on Wednesday, landslide debris buried one residential building in Kotgaon village about three kilometres from Budha Kedar in Tehri district.
Three families were residing at the site of the disaster. As per the evening report from the SEOC, six persons had died, one was missing and one girl was injured due to the landslide.
The Tehri district magistrate, other officials of the district administration, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), medical team and others were about to reach the site during the evening at the time of this report being filed.
The arrival of the official team at the disaster site was delayed due to the road to the area being blocked.
Apart from this, four rural roads and one state road are blocked in Tehri district.
In other districts of the state too a number of roads have remained blocked. In Dehradun district 25 rural roads are blocked while in Pithoragarh district 13 roads are blocked.
In the Uttarkashi district, the national highways to Gangotri and Yamunotri are open while two rural motor roads are blocked.
In the Chamoli district, the national highway to Badrinath is open though 34 rural motor roads are blocked.
In Rudraprayag district, the Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway number 107 is blocked by debris at Doliya Devi apart from which 13 rural motor roads are also blocked.
In Pauri district, the Pauri-Kotdwar national highway has been reopened though 62 rural roads and one state road are blocked.
Five motor roads are blocked in Haridwar district while three rural roads are blocked in Almora district, eight in Nainital district, three in Bagehswar district and 11 in Champawat district.