Uttarakhand: Debris blocks NH-109 at Rudraprayag
New Delhi: The National Highway (NH)-109 at Rudraprayag was blocked on Thursday, September 22, 2022, with long queues of vehicles after a sudden landslide led to the accumulation of the debris near a hill near Tarsali village of Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand.
The debris-blockage on the National Highway led to long queues of vehicles on both sides of the road. District Magistrate (DM) Mayur Dixit said that the work of opening the highway has begun and that the safe movement of passengers will be completed in due course.
“All have been stopped at safe places. The work of opening the highway is being done by national Highways. Once the debris is cleared, the safe vehicular movement of passengers will be done,” DM Dixit said.
While the pilgrims who were headed to Kedarnath were stopped at the Rudraprayag, Tilwara, Agastyamuni and Guptkashi districts of Uttarakhand, those pilgrims returning from the Sonaprayag district have been ordered to make a stoppage at safe places at Sonprayag, Sitapur, and other districts in Uttarakhand.
However, no casualties were reported as passengers were sent back by the locals before the debris fell.
(Avya Mathur)
