Horses and mules plying on the Chardham Yatra route of Kedarnath and Yamnotri Dham will now drink hot water and also take rest at night. Only hot water will be used for cleaning them. On the orders of the Nainital High Court, the Uttarakhand government has given its consent for the facilitie
The Guptkashi-Gaurikund highway leading to Kedarnath Dham has been completely blocked for traffic due to falling rocks and debris from the top hill near Tarsali under Chowki Phata, said officials, adding that here, about 60 meters of the road has been badly damaged and washed away.
A man was rescued by Uttarakhand's State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) after being trapped between two streams of a river due to a landslide in the Tarsali area of Rudraprayag district.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'Red' Alert and 'Orange' Alert for most of the districts of Uttarakhand from August 11 to August 14.
"Today, SDRF team was informed by District Disaster Management, Rudrapur that due to excessive waterlogging in Kashipur area many houses have been flooded in which many people are trapped for whose rescue SDRF is needed," said officials said.
Due to heavy rain, a wall collapsed near Chaurasi Kutiya in the Laxman Jhula area of Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh in the early hours of Thursday, and two people were buried under the debris, said authorities.
"Late night the SDRF team was informed by Thana Munikireti that due to the rise in the water level in the Rishikesh saline source area, people's houses have been flooded, in which the SDRF team is needed for the rescue of the trapped people," said officials.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, assessed the heavy rain situation from the Disaster Control Room at the Secretariat, officials said on Wednesday.