With the weather clearing in the state, a fewer number of roads now remain blocked to traffic in different parts of the state. According to the meteorological centre forecast, the coming days will have clear weather in the state. This is expected to boost efforts underway to open the blocked roads for traffic. As per official sources, about 23 roads in various districts are closed to traffic.
As per the meteorological centre, Uttarakhand is likely to have mainly clear to partly cloudy sky on Monday with Dry weather likely to prevail in the state. In Dehradun too the sky is forecast to be mainly clear to partly cloudy with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be about 32ºC and 19ºC respectively. Meanwhile on Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various locations included 32.2 ºC and 18.8 ºC in Dehradun, 32 ºC and 19.1 ºC in Pantnagar, 24 ºC and 11 ºC in Mukteshwar and 24.2 ºC and 14 ºC respectively in New Tehri.
According to information received from the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) on Sunday evening, a total of 23 roads were reported to be blocked in different parts of the state. In Dehradun two rural motor roads were blocked while in Pithoragarh district one motor road was blocked. In Uttarkashi district, the Rishikesh –Gangotri national highway 108 was open to traffic till Gangotri while the Rishikesh-Yamunotri national highway 94 was open for vehicles till Janakichatti. In Tehri district, one rural motor road and one state road were reported to be blocked. In the Pauri district, four rural roads were reportedly blocked. Meanwhile, in the Chamoli district, the Rishikesh-Badrinath national highway 58 was open till Badrinath. However, eight rural motor roads were reported to be blocked in the district. In Haridwar district one other district road is reported to be blocked. The Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway 107 in Rudraprayag district is open for vehicles till Gaurikund while the Sonprayag-Kedarnath bridle path was also open. However, four rural roads are reportedly blocked in the district. The situation is reported to be normal in the districts of Kumaon though one rural road was reported to blocked in Bageshwar district.