Landslide blocks Kedarnath road; 10,000 stranded pilgrims rescued

More than 10,000 pilgrims were stranded connected the Kedarnath yatra way precocious Tuesday aft a landslide blocked the Sonprayag-Gaurikund road successful Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag amid continuous rain. The landslide deed the cardinal Char Dham way during highest pilgrimage play arsenic erratic upwind continues to impact pilgrimage routes successful Uttarakhand, study Gaurav Talwar & Kautilya Singh. The landslide struck adjacent Munkatiya astir 9 pm. Pilgrims were stranded connected the 2 sides of the route. Falling debris and atrocious upwind slowed rescue efforts. Around 10,450 pilgrims were rescued and moved crossed the affected stretch, SDRF commandant Arpan Yadhuvanshi said. "A insignificant landslide occurred up of Gaurikund, connected Tuesday night. Earth movers were deployed and astir of the debris was cleared by past evening itself. Traffic question is present wholly normal," territory magistrate Vishal Mishra said.