Landslide on NH-707A in Tehri Garhwal Attributed to Excavation Work; IMD Red Alert for Haridwar and Pauri Garhwal

The Tribune reported on the afternoon of July 11 that around 120 roads, including three national highways, are shut across Uttarakhand due to heavy rain, and that about 100 pilgrims have been rescued on the Yamunotri route. This corroborates the earlier Business Standard figures and, for the first time, places the pilgrim rescue on the Yamunotri route, where a landslide damaged a roughly 100-metre stretch of the national highway late on July 9. The agency that conducted the rescue and the condition of the pilgrims have not been detailed. Which three national highways are closed has not been specified.

Around 120 roads are shut across Uttarakhand due to heavy rain and about 100 pilgrims have been rescued, Business Standard reported on the afternoon of July 11. This is the first Uttarakhand-specific road closure figure since July 10, when 118 closures were reported; earlier combined figures for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh stood at 438. Where the pilgrims were rescued from, which agency carried out the rescue, and their current condition have not been detailed.

A red alert is in force in Mussoorie, where torrential rain has disrupted daily life, Garhwal Post reported on the afternoon of July 11. Mussoorie is in Dehradun district, which was already among the districts under IMD red alert. The extent of the disruption, road conditions on the Mussoorie-Dehradun route, and any advisories from the local administration have not been detailed.