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Badrinath landslide: Passengers rescued from vehicle stuck on highway amid landslide

Written by  Rajan Nath -- October 19th 2021 10:12 AM -- Updated: October 19th 2021 10:16 AM
Badrinath landslide: Passengers rescued from vehicle stuck on highway amid landslide

Badrinath landslide: Passengers rescued from vehicle stuck on highway amid landslide

Badrinath landslide: Amid a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall, passengers were rescued from a vehicle stuck in Lambagad drain on Badrinath highway in Uttarakhand on Monday. Efforts were made by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to retrieve the vehicle, the BRO informed. Debris had blocked Uttarakhand's Rishikesh-Badrinath highway and has damaged dozens of vehicles in Sirobagad. Also Read | Ranjit Singh murder case: Dera chief Ram Rahim, 4 others get life imprisonment The link road of Khankhra-Khedakhal-Khirsu has also been blocked due to landslides. Landslides were triggered due to incessant rains in the area for the past 4 days. Also Read | News of Dr. Manmohan Singh’s death is FAKE! He is stable Image The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Uttarakhand. "Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls very likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh," IMD said in its daily weather bulletin issued on Monday morning. Image As a precautionary measure, the Badrinath Yatra has been halted and passengers en route to Badrinath were stopped in safe places. -PTC News


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