No water, electricity, money, say U'khand tourists
October 20, 2021 16:23
Tourists who were stranded in Nainital when incessant rains, landshlie and an overflowing Naini Lake put paid to their holiday say they faced a lot of problems but the hill station almost back on its feet.
Ankit, a tourist from Delhi, said, "I came here on 17th October. There was power cut, our phone died and we ran out of money. We used the hotel's phone to call home for money.
"We received no help and faced a lot of problems for three days. Our hotel is located 1.5 km from here, at a little higher reach.
"We have not bathed for two days now because there was no electricity or water. Now that the weather is clear, we have forgotten everything."
A furious Gaula river has damaged the tracks at Kathgodam railway station in Nainital, which experienced a record 445 mm rainfall on Tuesday. The district accounts for 29 of the deaths so far.
The damaged tracks in Kathgodam may take four or five days to be repaired, DGP Ashok Kumar told PTI.
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. Taxis had begun running through 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.
He added that the scenic beauty of the place had made up for what they had suffered over the last two days.
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