Rishikesh-Gangotri Highway Remains Closed for the Second Day

&NewLine;<p>The Rishikesh-Gangotri Highway remains closed for the second consecutive day due to ongoing heavy rainfall&period; The rain has continued throughout the night&comma; hampering the restoration of traffic on the highway&period; The stretch near Narendra Nagar Baghdaar has been closed for vehicular movement since the previous day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; landslides occurred on the Rishikesh-Gangotri Highway near Baghdaar&comma; Plasda Bhadrakali&comma; and Oni due to heavy rain&period; The debris blocked the road&comma; necessitating the closure&period; Efforts are being made to clear the debris&comma; but it might take some time before the highway can be reopened&period; Additionally&comma; a total of 247 roads are closed across the state&comma; including the Rishikesh-Gangotri Highway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">In Rishikesh&comma; vehicles trapped in mud near an SBI branch <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Due to heavy rainfall late on Tuesday in Dharamwala near Rishikesh&comma; vehicles got stuck in mud near an SBI branch&period; The State Disaster Response Force &lpar;SDRF&rpar; team promptly reached the scene and evacuated people from the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Car Swept Away in Kotdwar <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the morning&comma; a car was swept away in a swollen stream &lpar;large drain&rpar; in Bhabar&comma; Kotdwar&period; The driver managed to save himself by jumping out of the car during the incident&period; It is reported that as the river&&num;8217&semi;s flow intensified&comma; people tried to stop the driver from proceeding&comma; but he did not halt and attempted to cross the river by force&period; As a result&comma; the car was carried a considerable distance downstream and suffered significant damage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Heavy Rain Warning for Three Days <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The state is expected to experience heavy rainfall for the next three days starting from Tuesday&period; The Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for heavy rain in Dehradun&comma; Pauri&comma; Nainital&comma; Tehri&comma; and Bageshwar districts on August 22&period; Moreover&comma; a yellow alert has been issued for Haridwar&comma; Uttarkashi&comma; Chamoli&comma; Udham Singh Nagar&comma; and Pithoragarh districts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Bikram Singh&comma; Director of the Meteorological Center&comma; stated that a red alert for rain has been issued for districts like Tehri&comma; Dehradun&comma; Pauri&comma; Bageshwar&comma; Champawat&comma; Nainital&comma; and Udham Singh Nagar on August 23 and 24&period; He mentioned that heavy rain is expected across all areas of the state during these three days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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