Srinagar-Leh highway closed after cloudburst in J-K
Rains lash western, central India
NEW DELHI: Heavy rains lashed western and central parts of India on Sunday while a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir led to the closure of the arterial Srinagar-Leh national highway, cutting off the Kashmir Valley from Ladakh and rendering the Baltal base camp for the Amarnath Yatra inaccessible.
Five people died in rain-related incidents in 24 hours till Sunday evening in Uttar Pradesh while six of its districts were still affected by floods.
The death toll in last week’s landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad and Himachal Pradesh rose to 221 and 13, respectively, while more than 400 people, including pilgrims, stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath, were evacuated.
So far, more than 10,000 people have been rescued from Kedarnath, Bhimbali and Gaurikund. The trek route to Kedarnath suffered extensive damage as a result of a cloudburst in Junglechatti near Lincholi last Wednesday.
Army personnel were deployed at an inundated residential area in Maharashtra’s Pune amid heavy downpours and water discharge from the Khadakwasla dam, officials said.
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