The Kotdwar-Pauri National Highway remained closed for hours due to heavy rain.

 The Kotdwar-Pauri National Highway remained closed for hours due to heavy rain.

REPORTING -PRIYANK GHILDIYAL M.DIR FORCE TODAY NEWS 

 There was torrential rain in the area since 1 o'clock on Thursday night. During this, the movement of vehicles came to a standstill due to heavy debris and boulders coming from the hill near Fatehpur on the National Highway around 2 pm.

 On information, police reached the spot from Dugadda post and the movement of vehicles was made on NH from Hanumanti-Krankhal. The road was opened for light vehicles after 5 am on Friday. While the movement of heavy vehicles became smooth in the afternoon. 

The Executive Engineer of NH said that after breaking the boulder with the drill, the movement of heavy vehicles was restored after 1:40 pm. At the same time, 11 roads were closed due to debris from the rain. Road connectivity has been cut off in hundreds of villages due to the closure of roads. Efforts are being made to open the closed roads from LNV. Many roads including Dhansi-Katghar, Raitpur-Kunjoli, Khairasain have been closed due to rain. The back of the house collapsed due to heavy rain Lansdowne. Due to heavy rains, the concrete buttress of a two-storey house in Lower Bazar collapsed, damaging the staircase leading to the house. 

Victim building owner Bhaskar Bisht told that the entire house itself is in danger due to the collapse of the buttress. He told that this building is registered in the name of Zilla Panchayat. This building has been allotted in the name of Balraj Bisht. At present, his family is living here after his death. The victim's family demanded from the district panchayat to provide assistance for the construction of buttresses and ladders.