New railway line to connect Char Dham sites Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath

Soon, crores of devotees will be able to travel to holy Char Dham sites Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath via Indian Railways. Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said under the leadership of PM Modi, Railway is going to make the Char Dham Yatra easy for crores of devotees.

Soon, crores of devotees will be able to travel to holy Char Dham sites Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath via Indian Railways. Railways Minister Piyush Goyal shared the information on Twitter saying, Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Railway is going to make the Char Dham Yatra easy for crores of devotees. Devotees will be able to travel by rail to visit Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, and Kedarnath situated in the holy plains of Uttarakhand."

Char Dham yatra via Indian Railways | Key highlights

• Railways is going to connect the Char Dham sites in Uttarakhand through a 327-km long line.
• Railways will build 4 rail lines to connect the Char Dham sites Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, and Kedarnath. 
• A railway line will connect Gangotri and Yamunotri while another railway line will connect Badrinath and Kedarnath. 
• The upcoming railway line will pass through Dehradun, Pauri, Garhwal, Chamoli, Rudra Prayag and Uttarkashi.

However, the cost of the project has not been revealed so far. Neither there is any information on its completion time. 

Famous Ancient Gartang Gali Trek in Nelong Valley to be opened for tourists

The arduous 2.5 km track leading to Gartang Gali in Nelong Valley will be opened for tourists soon. Chief minister TS Rawat has given approval to restore the track.

Situated at an altitude of about 11,000 feet above sea level, Gartang Gali falls on the border of Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi district. At present, the track from Bhaironghati till Gartang Gali is blocked with boulders.

Last year on World Tourism Day, 50 tourists with special permission of the forest department had visited the place, which has a 105-metre wooden walkway bridge.

The bridge is believed to have been built by Peshawar Pathans. It served as an ancient trade route to Tibet. The bridge, lined with wooden bars, have been damaged over the years. Following the Indo-China war in 1962, the bridge was declared off limits, due to which it could not be taken care of. Since 2015, restricted tourism under special permission from the centre is allowed in the area.

Tourism minister Satpal Maharaj last year announced to re-establish the bridge as a world-class skywalk track to the valley.

The track restoration needed permission from the State Board for Wildlife, which gave its approval on June 15 this year. The track is believed to draw both Indian and foreign tourists to the historic place. “The decision will not only promote tourism in the region, but also become a major source of livelihood for locals,” said DVS Khati, the chief wildlife warden.

However, the delay in restoration of the heritage bridge has irked locals. “It’s been nearly two years now since the government promised to better infrastructure of Gartang Gali. If the bridge is renovated then it is going to attract tourists worldwide and will offer livelihood opportunities for locals,” said Ajay Puri, a hotelier of Uttarkashi and local activist.

The proposal of reviving the bridge is with the forest department that is working on the project.

Nelong Valley opens for tourists from April 15 to November 15. There is a parallel road to the track route, which also leads to the valley.

Video of Landslide on Rishikesh - Badrinath Highway

Normal life in Uttarakhand has been affected due to heavy rainfall in different parts of the state. Several rescue operations are being carried out in rain-hit villages situated in remote areas.

 

A landslide occurred on Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway near Bayasi in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district earlier on Sunday.

In the video shared by ANI, a crowd is seen rushing towards safety as a patch of the mountain on a stretchy, narrow road comes crashing down. No casualties have been reported so far. 

Normal life in Uttarakhand has been affected due to heavy rainfall in different parts of the state. Several rescue operations are being carried out in rain-hit villages situated in remote areas. As per reports, the continuous rainfall has hit Uttarakhand’s highway connectivity.

The road from Dehradun to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Yamunotri are blocked at several points with rocks and boulders tumbling down the hill slope following heavy rain.

The Rishikesh-Badrinath highway was blocked in Totaghati in Chamoli, the road to Kedarnath at Jaleshwar Mahadev and the one to Yamunotri at Silai bend in Uttarkashi.

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday asked the district magistrates to make a long-term plan to help disaster-affected people be placed if required. The chief minister was on a video conference, reviewing the disaster management works with the district magistrates at the secretariat when he directed the officials to make a plan for the “land bank”.

CM Rawat said that a proposal will be sent to the Central Government for approval of forest land for displacing people of sensitive villages, according to a report in ANI.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans on Saturday rescued an injured woman from a remote village in Uttarakhand.

The jawans carried the woman on a stretcher for 15 hours through landslide-prone zones, flooded areas, slippery slopes, and covered a distance of 40 kilometers. The woman was then evacuated to a hospital.

Waterfalls in Uttarakhand

The sate is blessed with thousand's of beautiful waterfall's. If you are planning a trip to uttarakhand then you simply can't afford to miss these 5 beautiful waterfall's in the state,

Tiger Fall, Chakrata

Tigerfall is located in chakrata. A beautiful place to explore.

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Patna Waterfall, Rishikesh

Patna Waterfall is Located at Phoolchatti in Rishikesh. Really nice place to plan.

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Kempty Fall, Mussoorie

Kempty Fall is located in Mussoorie. However, A Crowded place.

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Vasudhara Falls

Vasudhara Falls is located near badrinath & last indian village mana.

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Garud Chatti Waterfall, Rishikesh

Garud Chatti Waterfall, Located in Rishikesh near Garudchatti Bridge. 

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