Good news for families of Chardham passengers. Badrinath Highway finally opened on Thursday morning. More than 260 roads in Uttarakhand were blocked by landslides due to heavy rains. For almost 48 hours, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were stranded due to heavy rains and landslides. This morning, the Border Roads Organization was able to remove the collapse and open the road after day and night efforts.
At Chungidhar, near Joshimath, a section of Badrinath Highway has been cleared of debris, and a walking path has been created in some areas and a vehicular area in some places. This place has been blocked by landslides since July 9. After 58 hours, 200 pilgrims were able to cross the inaccessible area on foot this morning as a result of the tireless efforts of the BRO staff.
The organization has expressed hope that the rest of the area will be cleaned and made suitable for traffic. But it depends on the amount of rainfall. Locally, there has been no progress on the Badrinath-Hrishikesh National Highway. Landslides at Langsi, Pagalnala, and Pipalkoti in Chamoli district have not stopped yet.
A portion of the Badrinath National Highway was also opened at Bhanerpani in Chamoli on Thursday morning. All in all, Kedar-Badri and Chardham passengers survived as some parts of the national highway were opened. Thousands of pilgrims from different parts of the country are still stuck. There have already been reports of some deaths.
According to another source, the road to Patalganga has been opened, but all over Joshimath, especially the Patalganga Langsi tunnel, is still blocked. More than 2,000 pilgrims who were on their way to or from Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib were trapped in the collapse.
