After the snowfall in the mountains, now there is a problem for the locals…

Report: Rajiv Chawla

Pithoragarh: Several areas of Pithoragarh district have lost contact with the continuous snowfall for the last several days. The Thal-Munsari National Highway has also been completely disrupted due to snowfall, so along with this, electricity and water in the hill areas have to suffer from scarcity. Due to this, the villagers living in the hilly areas are facing a lot of problems.

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Due to the lack of government support, now the local villagers are constantly pleading through the media to get relief from the snowfall so that they get all possible help.

If we talk about Chamoli district

Broken record of snowfall in January

There is continuous snowfall in the high altitude areas of Chamoli district. It has its camp all around it, life has become disrupted due to continuous snowfall in the main markets and high altitude areas, the snow has frozen on the roads. People have been facing a lot of problems in movement, life has become disrupted due to continuous snowfall since Monday night. The department has just issued a red alert for the next 24 hours in the mountains.
Chamoli’s Joshimath has received the highest snowfall, with three to four feet of snow frozen in high altitude areas, while 4 to 5 inches thick sheet of snow has accumulated in the lower areas to open the route after a snowfall on Badrinath National Highway. BRO’s machines have been installed. After the snowfall, there is a log jam on the Badrinath National Highway. The work of removing the jam and clearing the ice is on a war level The vehicle owner between snow and tourists is trying to remove their vehicles.