The Rishikesh-Kedarnath and the Rishikesh-Badrinath highways were shut on Thursday morning following a landslide in Pirahi in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
A hotel was said to be damaged, one person died and four were reportedly injured in the massive landslide that was accompanied by a cloudburst in the Sehkot area of Chamoli.
Many houses were said to be damaged in the cloudburst. However, there were no reports of casualties.
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