While national highways to Badrinath and Kedarnath remained blocked by debris on Sunday, an artificial lake formed due to landslide debris near the Maldevta area of Tehri district poses a potential threat to surrounding areas. On Sunday, the level of the water in the lake continued to rise and debris also continued to fall. However, officials State that water has continued to exit continuously from here due to which the situation is ‘normal’. Irrigation department officials are monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, four roads remained blocked in the district. According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) while the national highways to Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarkashi district remained open for traffic, in Chamoli district the national highway to Badrinath is blocked due to debris at lambagad and Hanumanchatti. Additionally, 27 rural motor roads are blocked in the Chamoli district. In Rudraprayag district, the Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway was blocked by debris at Sirohbagad. While the Sonprayag-Kedarnath bridle path was open two rural roads are blocked in the district. In the Pauri district, 28 rural roads have remained blocked. Eight rural roads have remained blocked in Dehradun district while five roads are blocked in Pithoragarh district. Similarly, four roads are blocked in Almora district, one in Nainital, 10 in Bageshwar and three in Champawat.