Uttarakhand weather update: Snow spell in Chardham
Amidst the yellow alert for snowfall in Uttarakhand, the weather deteriorated and snowfall occurred in the higher reaches including Badri-Kedar, Hemkund Sahib. While the low-lying areas received rain. Due to the change in the weather, the cold has returned again. On the other hand, due to intermittent snowfall in Kedarnath, four inches of new snow has accumulated there.
Executive Engineer of District Disaster Management Authority Praveen Karnwal said that the snow removal work from Rambada to Kedarnath on the Kedarnath pedestrian route has been completed. Now, snow has to be cleared in Kedarnath. But it had started snowing there again. If the weather cooperates, all the necessary works will be completed by the end of this month. Along with this, reconstruction works will also be started from the first week of April.
There is no damage due to snowfall in Kedarnath. Here all the cottages and reconstruction works are completely safe. A three-member team, including the CEO of Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee, is present at the Dham for two days. The team could not complete the inspection of the assets due to inclement weather.
BKTC CEO Yogendra Singh, who is present in Kedarnath, said that there was no damage to all the properties in the temple complex, temple road and other places.
