Bad weather hampers debris removal at Kedarnath

July 14, 2013 14:22

Bad weather today stalled debris clearance operations by a 61-member team at Kedarnath and construction of a pedestrian route from Rambada to the Himalayan shrine even as attempts were on to transport relief to calamity-hit areas in Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi.

However, the team despatched to Kedarnath has been able to build a temporary bridge over a canal between the helipad and the shrine.

"Debris removal at Kedarnath is stalled due to bad weather.Work on construction of a pedestrian route from Rambada to Kedarnath has also been stopped," Rudraprayag Superintendent of police V J Singh said.

"Whenever the weather clears up amid intermittent rains in Kedar valley, relief material is despatched to the affected villages," he said.

An official statement here said 983 quintals of foodgrains besides 288 LPG cylinders have been made available to affected people in the villages of Rudraprayag district.

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