First snowfall of the season brings good tidings for Uttarakhand
The shower coupled with the snow is billed to be a timely gift for the rabi and horticulture crops of the state.
The shower coupled with the snow is billed to be a timely gift for the rabi and horticulture crops of the state.
Rescue operation of 41 workers trapped inside collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel on Yamunotri highway was further delayed on Thursday due to recurring obstructions in drilling escape passages under the debris.
Around 35-40 workers are trapped inside an underconstruction tunnel on Yamunotri-Uttarkashi national highway 94 that crumbled under landslide early Sunday morning.
Traffic was stalled and disrupted on the Gangotri-Yamunotri National Highway due to the falling and piling up of debris from landslides in the region
Uttarkashi district disaster management officials said that due to heavy rains near Gangnani in the Barkot area, there has been a lot of debris and stones on the Yamunotri National Highway.
On Monday, the Meteorological Department issued an alert of rain and snowfall in the high Himalayan regions for the next 2-3 days.
Over five thousand devotees participated in the closing ceremony of Badrinath temple on Thursday.
The increase in tourist movement has brought huge relief to businessmen and people involved in the tourism industry.
Amidst chanting of Vedic hymns and chant of ‘Ganga mata ki jai’ the Gangotri shrine, located in district Uttarkashi, reopened at 12:35 pm on Sunday. The portals of Yamunotri shrine were reopened, after six month of winter break, at 12.41 p.m.
Right from the day news about Uttarakhand government forming a bill on lines of the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and other trusts came into light the Teerth Purohits began staging protest.
