Over a dozen roads still remain blocked in Bageshwar, hitting normal life badly. More so, with washing away of a bridge on the Pinder river in the Kapkot tehsil, 10 villages also remain cut off with the surface transport services in Bageshwar, affecting as many as 1,163 families belonging to the said villages.
Though a majority of the blocked roads have been opened for the vehicular traffic, over a dozen roads connecting different parts of the district are yet to be opened, said B S Manral, District Magistrate, Bageshwar. However, keeping in view the problems being faced by the public, officials concerned have been directed to open the blocked roads for vehicular traffic early as possible, added the District Magistrate.
Bageshwar is one of the most affected districts by the natural disaster in the kumaon division. Apart from loss of four lives and injuries to three, over one thousand people have been affected due to disaster in Bageshwar so far as the officials concerned informed. However, efforts are on to expedite relief operation in affected areas, they added.