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9 workers missing after cloudburst in Uttarakhand

The workers went missing following heavy rainfall and cloudburst near Silai Bend in Barkot area on way to the Yamunotri temple in Uttarkashi district

Uttarakhand has been witnessing incessant rains in the last few days. (Photo: PTI)

Around nine road construction workers are feared to have been swept away following a cloudburst along the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district early Sunday, police said.

The workers went missing following heavy rainfall and cloudburst near Silai Bend in Barkot area on way to the Yamunotri temple in Uttarkashi district, the Disaster Control Room here said.

Barkot police station SHO Deepak Kathait said information about a cloudburst on the Yamunotri highway was received around midnight.

A team rushed to the spot and found that the workers engaged in road construction work lived there by putting up tents. They are feared to have been swept away by heavy rain.

#WATCH | Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand | 8-9 workers staying at an under-construction hotel site went missing after the construction site was damaged due to a cloud burst in Silai Band on Barkot-Yamunotri Marg. Yamunotri Marg has also been affected: Uttarkashi DM Prashant Arya

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So far, eight to nine people are reported missing. All of them are of Nepali origin, he said, adding a search is underway.

The highway is closed at many places, including Silai bend, since the cloudburst. There is also information of heavy rain damaging agricultural land in Kuthnaur village in the district. The road near Ojri has also been completely damaged. The agricultural fields are filled with debris.

The Kupda Kunshala Trikhili motor bridge in Syanachatti is also in danger and the water level of the Yamuna has also risen following heavy rain.

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