The Haldwani-Nainital national highway is open for light vehicles only because of landslide prone zones at some spots. The Haldwani and Kaladhungi roads have been opened partially to traffic restoring connectivity to Nainital, which remained cut off on Monday and for the most part of Tuesday. The rescue and restoration work was likely to pick up during the day with the improvement in the weather, Nainital District Magistrate Dhiraj Garbiyal said. But villages on the outskirts remain affected, officials said. He added that the scenic beauty of the place had made up for what they had suffered over the last two days.īy Wednesday morning, Most of the water had receded from the roads in Nainital, where movement had become nearly impossible after a the Naini lake overflowed.Įlectricity supply and telephone connectivity that were badly hit by the rains have been restored in the town. “It was suffocating to be locked up inside our hotel rooms due to the incessant rains on Tuesday,” a young tourist from Uttar Pradesh said. Taxis had begun running through the town. In Nainital, tourists woke up to a bright morning without a trace of rain on Wednesday and were out on the streets for shopping and sightseeing. The damaged tracks in Kathgodam may take four or five days to be repaired, DGP Ashok Kumar told PTI. The district accounts for 29 of the deaths so far. Tatkal passport now issued within a day, get a normal passport in just 11 days! Check detailsĪ furious Gaula river has damaged the tracks at Kathgodam railway station in Nainital, which experienced a record 445 mm rainfall on Tuesday.
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