Over 900 pilgrims on the ‘Chaar Dham Yatra’ route were stranded at different points due to incessant rains, according to the Disaster Management Cell. At many places, the roads have caved

in, with land slides blocking vehicular movement, the official have said. The connection of Yamuna valley in Uttarkashi has been completely snapped with the state capital as a result of

which more than four lakh people were left to fend for themselves. Rail traffic was also hit as boulders had come tumbling on the Haridwar-Dehradun route tunnel. More than a dozen houses

were reported to have collapsed in the hill areas of the Kumaon division but no loss of life was reported.