1 killed, 3 injured in rain related incidents in Uttarakhand

A man was killed and three others, including two schoolchildren, were injured in separate rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand today while debris following landslides kept the national highways to Badrinath and Gangotri blocked.
A man was killed and another injured in Pulinda village of Pauri district last evening when the buttress of a road for pedestrians collapsed over them.
The injured has been admitted in Kotdwar government hospital, Uttarakhand Emergency Operation Centre said.
In a separate incident, two children were injured when their school bus was hit by huge boulders falling from a hill in Nagrasu in Rudraprayag district yesterday afternoon.

Udit Nautiyal and Vivek Rana, who were injured in the accident, were rushed to Rudraprayag district hospital from where they were referred to Dehradun after being administered first aid.
Light to moderate rains have been reported from most of the places across the state with a few exceptions which have been lashed by heavy rains.

Rudraprayag received the maximum 50 MM of rain since yesterday followed by Pauri 41 MM, Jakholi 39, Purola 30 MM, Chanyalisaur 27 MM, Dunda 24 MM and Nainital 20 MM.
Many roads in different parts of the state are blocked including the ones leading to the Himalayan shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri.

BRO personnel are busy trying to reopen the roads.
The Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway is blocked at Lambagad, Tahiyapul and Baldauda in Chamoli district for the last five days.
The Rishikesh -Gangotri highway is also blocked at Gangnani and Dabrani.
Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway is blocked at Munkutiya and the trek route to the Himalayan shrine is also blocked in Jungalchatti.