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A road connecting Budhakedar and Jhalabeen villages in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand was damaged following heavy rains, officials said on Thursday.
District Disaster Management Officer Brijesh Bhatt said that the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday. No injuries or loss of life were reported in the incident. However, an earth mover machine was damaged, he said. "The PMGSE's reconstructed road has been damaged due to the rain on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday in the Budhakedar area. A Pokelin machine has been damaged. The road from Budhakedar to Jhala has been damaged. There has been no loss of life or animal loss," Brijesh Bhatt said. Earlier in the day, a portion of the Badrinath National Highway was blocked due to aggregation of debris near Nandprayag and Chatwapipal.However, the highway was restored for vehicular movement after repair. Badrinath Highway was blocked multiple times this monsoon due to adverse weather impacts. The India Meteorological Department has predicted isolated heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand during September 25-27. "Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand during 25-27; West Uttar Pradesh on 27; East Uttar Pradesh during September 26-28," the IMD release said earlier. (ANI)
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