While the authorities talk of taking effective measures to tackle disaster scenarios, a total of 171 roads have remained blocked in various districts of the State due to rain and landslides.
According to information received from the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) on Thursday, 20 roads are blocked in the Pithoragarh district. In Chamoli district while the Rishikesh-Badrinath national highway number 58 is open for traffic, 19 rural motor roads one State road and three main district roads are blocked. In the Uttarkashi district, the Rishikesh-Gangotri national highway 108 is open for small and large vehicles up to Gangotri. However, the Rishikesh-Yamunotri national highway number 94 is blocked at Ojri/Dabarkot due to debris and boulder fall. The authorities have deployed heavy machinery to clear this road while an alternate Trikhli-Kulshala-Shayanachatti bridle path is being used by pilgrims to Yamunotri.
Three rural motor roads in the district are blocked. Further, in the Rudraprayag district, the Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway number 109 is open for traffic while eight rural motor roads and one main district road are blocked in the district. In the Dehradun district a total of 26 rural motor roads, two State roads and one main district road are blocked. A total of 15 rural motor roads and one main district road are blocked in the Tehri district.
In the Pauri district, 22 rural motor roads and one main district road are blocked. While the situation is reported to be normal in Udham Singh Nagar district, nine rural motor roads and one state road are blocked in Almora district. A total of eight rural motor roads are blocked in Nainital district while five rural motor roads and two main district roads are blocked in Bageshwar district. In the Champawat district, 20 rural motor roads and one state road are blocked.