As many as nine motorable roads connecting different parts of rural areas of Naintal district still remain blocked.
Some of the roads which are still blocked include the Ghirauli-Khairali Road, the Shaheed Balwant Singh Mehra Road, the Ratighat-Betalghat Road, Devipura-Saur Road, Bhandarpani –Okhaldunga Road, the Ranikot-Gotiya Road, Okhaldhunga – Talliseti Road, the Betalghat-Garjiya Road and the Simliya Band-Sanani Road.
Out of a total 59 roads blocked so far, as many as 50 roads have been opened for vehicular traffic. Efforts are on to repair the rest of the damaged roads. Hopefully, soon the nine blocked roads will also be restored for vehicular traffic, said Arvind Singh Hyanki, District Magistrate, Nainital. Apart from that four drinking water pipelines in Okhaldhunga in Nainital tehsil and eight canal projects and 11 flood protection works in Ramnagar have also been damaged so far. But there is no loss of life, informed the officials concerned of the Nainital district administration.
In the meanwhile, an amount of Rs 92.2765 lakh has been distributed among the disaster affected as relief, added the District Magistrate.