U'khand: Rain lashes Pithoragarh dist, light showers elsewhere

Parts of Pithoragarh district were lashed by moderate to heavy showers even as the rest of Uttarakhand remained mostly dry today.
But the state Disaster Management and Mitigation Centre said that 355 roads in Uttarakhand still remain blocked due to landslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall in the state which was hit by the flash flood tragedy in June.
The Didihath area in Pithoragarh received 102.00mm rain, followed by Dharchula and Munsyari with showers measuring 38.40 and 13mm, respectively.
State capital Dehradun saw slight rainfall of 4.2mm while Bhatwadi in Uttarkashi district got 25mm.
The local MeT department has predicted light to moderate rainfall in Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag districts in the coming 24 hours.

But there will be no major change in weather conditions in the state, they added.

Meanwhile, 355 roads are yet to become operational after they were hit by landslides.
The Rishikesh-Badrinath highway, which was blocked three days back in landslides in Chamoli district's Maithada area, remained closed today.
The Rishikesh-Gangotri highway is blocked at Khatukhal and Nalupani while the Rishikesh-Yamunotri highway in Banas, too, is closed to traffic. All efforts are being made to reopen the blocked routes, an official said.