Uttarakhand Information: No less than 50 individuals have been left stranded close to the Madhyamaheshwar Dham in Uttarakhand after the pilgrimage to the shrine was halted because of heavy rain and landslides on the trekking route on Thursday. A short lived picket bridge, constructed over the Markanda River, was washed away amid incessant rainfall within the space, inflicting additional disruption to the yatra to the temple, in keeping with a report by India As we speak.
Madhyamaheshwar shrine is a part of the Panch Kedar group of temples in Uttarakhand and is situated at an altitude of 11,473 toes. Furthermore, a cloudburst close to the Yamunotri shrine additionally led to the swallowing of the Yamuna River, inflicting heavy injury to the shrine. The river water has reportedly reached the staircase of the temple. Nonetheless, there isn’t any report of casualty.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has issued an ‘orange alert’ for Dehradun and Bageshwar, predicting reasonable to heavy rainfall within the space.