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Badrinath Highway Block

Badrinath Highway Remains Blocked Due To Heavy Rainfall

By LokMarg

Following incessant rainfall in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, the Badrinath National Highway (NH-7) has been shut for the last 13 hours at Lambagad and Khachada drains, officials said on Sunday.

Amid the closure of the national highway, commuters are stuck.

According to the officials, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is working to open the highway. They said that due to the blockage of the highway, many passengers are stranded.

The work of opening the highway is going on continuously by the NHAI.

Earlier on Friday morning, Badrinath national highway was shut due to a landslide after it reopened for traffic.

Later on Saturday, vehicle movement on the highway had to be restricted again due to a rise in the water level in the Khachdu drain near Uttarakhand’s Lambagad.

Authorities closed the Badrinath National Highway 7 (NH 7) at Chhinka in the State’s Chamoli district leaving many commuters, including pilgrims and tourists travelling to and returning from the famed Badrinath shrine.

Earlier on Thursday, heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods in Uttarakhand causing a landslide in the same place and blocking of Badrinath National Highway. A stretch of 100 meters of the highway was blocked due to a heavy landslide from a hill near Chhinka on Thursday morning due to rain. (ANI)

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Hemkund Sahib Ropeway Should Be Completed On War Footing: RS MP To Gadkari

By LokMarg

Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Vikramjit Singh Sahney urged Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari for the swift completion of the long-pending project of the ropeway connecting Gobind Ghat to Gurudwara Sri Hemkund Sahib in Uttrakhand.

Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib is a holy place for Sikhs and around 5000 visitors visit it every day. For this, they have to travel by road up to Gobind Ghat and after that on foot or by horse making a night halt at Gobind Dham while tackling inclement weather, landslides, and steep climbs.
“This ropeway project was announced and initiated by NHAI and Uttrakhand government a few years back but the project has not seen the light of the day yet. The estimated project cost was Rs 850 crores, the government had invited bids for Public Private Partnership (PPP) but the government was not able to attract any private player for the project erstwhile,” Singh said.

Sahney said that the National Highway Authority of India should take over the project and start work on it which will benefit lakhs of pilgrims.

“Some of the pilgrims are elderly and the commencement of this project will also boost economic activities and tourism in the region,” he said.

The demand for the ropeway comes after the unfortunate helicopter crash in Kedarnath in which six pilgrims and a pilot lost their life.

Speaking about the incident Singh said, “Unfortunate incidents can be stopped if the long-awaited ropeways of Gurudwara Hemkunt Sahib and Kedarnath Dham are in place.”

Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Hemkund Ropeway on October 21.

According to PMO, the ropeway will be around 12.4 km long and will reduce travel time from more than a day to only about 45 minutes. It will also connect Ghangaria, which is the gateway to Valley of Flowers National Park.

Ropeways are an environmentally friendly mode of transport that provides a safe, secure, and stable mode of transport. This major infrastructure development will give a boost to religious tourism, which will give a fillip to the economic development in the region and lead to the creation of multiple employment opportunities as well. (ANI)

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