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Rishikesh, Badrinath highway blocked
Pipalkothi
(Uttarakhand): Heavy rainfall disrupted normal life
and triggered landslide along Rishikesh-Badrinath National
Highway in Uttarakhand. Due to the impact of the landslide,
huge boulders started rolling down the hill slopes blocking
the highway, also known as NH-58. This caused disruption
in traffic and caused a lot of problems for the tourists
and the devotees. Avtaar Singh, a devotee from Amritsar
who was visiting Gurudwara Hemkunt Sahib in the Himalayas,
said that he faced a lot of problems because of the bad
roads. "On the way, we faced a lot of problems. The roads
are broken. Rocks are lying on the road. We had to get
down on the way and cross the roads," said Singh. Uttarakhand
Disaster Management Minister Khajaan Das said: "The district
officials have been directed to act if there is a natural
calamity. There should not be any kind of laxity." The
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) who has been entrusted
with responsibility of maintaining the NH-58 continues
the rescue work with heavy machines and bulldozers clearing
off the debris from the road.
-August
18, 2009
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