A bridge collapsed on Saturday iꦜn Uttarakhand's Ramnagar amid heavy rain in the ꦆstate.
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚA red alert for "heavy to very heavy rainfall" was issued by the meteorological department for both the Kumaon and Garhwal regions for Saturda🐓y and Sunday.
There hasn't been any reports of injuries or casualties related to the bridge collaꦜpse yet.
Garhwal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey has issued orders to postpone the char Dham Yatra for tomorrow (July 7) after Met office issued 'red' alert for heavy to very heavy rain in various districts of Garhwal 🧔region.
Two tourist﷽s from Hyderabad died in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Saturday after being hit by boulders follow🔯ing a landslide.
The police said the accident occurred on the Badrinath National Highꦇway near Chatwapeepal between Gauchar and Karnaprayag. they identified the deceased as Nirmal Shahi (36) and Satya Narayana (50) who were returning from the Himalayan temple on a motorcycle when they were hit by the boulders rolling down the hill.
Their bodies have been pulled out of the rubble of thꦚe landslide, police officials added.
Landslides triggered by heavy rains over the past few days have left the Badrinath natio♛nal highway blocked at more than half a dozen places, including Kameda between Gauchar and Rudraprayag, Bhanir Pani near Pipalkoti, Pagalnala near Tangni, Pinola between Joshimath and Badrinath and at Kanchanganga beyond Hanumanchatti.
National Hi꧒ghways Authority of 🐼India and Border Roads Organisation personnel are busy clearing the roads.
The Rudraprayag-Kedarnath national highway is also blocked owing to a land🔯slide.
All government and private schools in Rudraprayag district were shut o🏅n Saturday as a precautionary measure﷽.
Peo🌄ple have been advised not to go near water bo❀dies during this period.
(With PTI inputs)
