Following heavy rain and subsequent landslides in the higher mountainous reaches of Dehradun, nine roads have remained blocked for traffic since Monday. Besides, several boundary and safety walls in Kalsi area in Chakrata have crumbled.
As reported earlier, a girl had died on Monday after the walls of her house had fallen on her while she was sleeping in a village in Mussoorie on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. A Dehradun-based disaster control room official said that people of the mountainous parts of the district keep making calls at the control room, informing them of the road blocks, collapsing boundary walls and damages to the agriculture lands.
It is learnt that three PMGSY roads at Chakrat- Karki - Kabo motor road, Rado Mandol motor road and Sillikut motor road have remained blocked. Besides, a number of roads like Chlangaon- Bhandar Goan motor road, NH Doiwala-Tyuni- Chakrata- Mussoorie- Chamba motor road, Maldevta - Rudhukadak Pani motor road, Jaragar katiyan motor road, Kanda Virnar motor road and Dikhar motor road have remained blocked due to landslides. The boundary wall of the irrigation canal at Ambari in Kalsi, Chakrata has also been damaged. This aside, the payjal lines in several areas in Chakrata have been damaged. A bridge at Nimga has been damaged too.
A disaster control room official said that the department officials concerned have been asked to repair roads on a war footing so that they can be opened at the earliest.