Uttarakhand: Gangotri-Yamunotri National Highway blocked due to falling debris and landslides

An official reported on Friday that the falling and piling up of debris from landslides in the area had caused traffic to stall and be disrupted on the Gangotri-Yamunotri National Highway. The Gangotri and Yamunotri National Highway was closed to traffic on Friday morning as a result of landslides and falling debris at several locations throughout the district, according to information provided by the Uttarkashi District Disaster Management Officer. “Traffic on the Yamunotri Highway came to a complete stop due to landslides at several places, including Dabarkot,” the official said. “Traffic on the Gangotri Highway was closed due to debris falling at Dharasu.”

Traffic on the Yamunotri National Highway was suspended on Thursday due to the continuous falling of debris at five places of Uttarkashi, including Dabarkot and Jhar Jhar Gad.
The Chamiala-Budhakedar Motor Road has been also closed due to excessive water and debris in Chail Gadere in Lata village of Himachal Pradesh.
The District Disaster Management Officer of Tehri District, Brijesh Bhatt, said due to surging water levels of Gadere river, water and debris entered 5-6 houses.
He told that about 0.250 hectares of agricultural land, belonging to about 15-16 families, has been damaged. However, there were no reports of any loss of life.
PWD Ghansali and the revenue team were at the spot overseeing the relief work.
Earlier, traffic was suspended as debris continued to fall at many places on the Gangotri-Yamunotri National Highway, as persistent rains continue to wreak havoc in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Wednesday.

The Gangotri-Yamunotri National Highway was closed to traffic, according to the Uttarkashi District Administration, because boulders continued to fall at numerous locations as a result of the area’s persistent rainfall. As boulders continued to fall at numerous locations along the Yamunotri Highway on Monday, officials reported that traffic came to a complete halt. Devendra Patwal, a district disaster management official in Uttarkashi, claimed that traffic on both sides of the road came to a complete stop over the course of the last three days due to boulders that have been falling continuously.