Two months after the tragedy, road connectivity still poor in Uttarakhand

It has been two months since the Himalayan tsunami in Uttarakhand left a trail of devastation with close to 5000 people missing, feared dead. It's a disaster the state is still struggling to deal with as it maps out its recovery where it's sorely missing a crucial link - road connectivity.

More than 100 roads, both big and small, are either cut off or blocked due to landslides: a situation worsened by the heavy downpour.

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The NH 58 for example, a crucial link between Rishikesh and Devprayag on one side and Rudraprayag and Badrinath on the other side, has been blocked by frequent landslides.

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The NH 58, a lifeline caught between a gushing river and an unstable mountain.

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The NH 58, a lifeline caught between a gushing river and an unstable mountain.

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The roads leading up to the 'char dhams', namely Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath have been blocked at different points due to landslides.

Road leading to Guptkashi in the Kedar valley.

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NH 109 to Kedarnath has been shut for two months now after big chunks of the highway have simply been washed away with the river and rain fury, beyond Chandrapuri.

Seen here, two girls in Kedar Valley.

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The road to Badrinath is shut ahead of Maithana with repeated land slips and in Uttarkashi a landslide has blocked the road ahead of Harsil.

Pic: A view of Uttarakhand.

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The mighty River Alaknanda that breached its banks in June this year, leaving the town of Srinagar covered in silt and rubble.

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Seen here, confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers in Devprayag.

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Seen here, 18-year-old Manish Rambhon, a survivor of the flood fury in Kedarnath. He took shelter under a rock for three days, going without food or water, before walking back home to his village in the Kedar valley. Many of his friends did not make it.

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A grandmother mourns the death of her two grandsons, who went to Kedarnath to lend their father a helping hand.

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