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Kedarnath & Adi Kailash yatras hit by heavy rains
The New Indian Express
|July 03, 2026
HEAVY rain across Uttarakhand’s hill districts has disrupted the Char Dham pilgrimage, with the Badrinath highway blocked due to landslides at the vulnerable Sirobagad slide zone.
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The administration has suspended fresh permits for the Adi Kailash and Om Parvat journeys.
The worst impact was reported on the Srinagar-Rudraprayag stretch, where heavy debris and large boulders came crashing down from the hillside at Sirobagad, forcing a closure of the Badrinath highway. Hundreds of vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the road, while thousands of pilgrims, tourists, local residents and essential service vehicles waited for the route to reopen.
This story is from the July 03, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express.
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