Landslide on Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway; Road blocked for 2 hours

Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway was blocked near Maneri police station limits on Thursday due to a landslide. State Disaster Response Force and Police were informed and ir teams reached immediately. A truck and an earthmover machine of  Border Roads Organization (BRO) were damd in incident. However, casualties have been reported. 

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Uttarkashi-Gangotri Highway Blocked

On September 25, a team of BRO officials were working on Uttarkashi-Gangotri Highway to broaden highway stretch. During this, at around 4:45 in evening, a huge chunk of rock suddenly slipped down and struck a truck and pokeland machine. machines were heavily damd but fortunately, re was loss of life. Due to landslide, highway was blocked and remained shut for a few hours which resulted in a jam of tourist vehicles on both ends on accident. SDRF team and police reached incident as soon as it was reported. BRO teams immediately arranged a task force to clear highway. After around one hour and forty-five minutes, jam was cleared and highway was operational again. 

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Uttarkashi- Gangotri highway prone to landslides

Gangotri-Uttarkashi highway has always been prone to landslides with debris of rocks and mountains frequently blocking highway. highway, which is a significant route for various pilgrims like Gangotri, Yamutri and Kashi often leads to stranding of se pilgrims due to frequent landslides and roadblocks. t only does this affect highway, but several or state highways and district roadways are affected by overcrowding of vehicles that are diverted from Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway. Uttarakhand, also kwn as 'Land of Gods' due to numerous Hindu temples and pilgrim centres found throughout state which attracts a lot of pilgrims from entire country across year.