Uttarkashi

One person dies after being struck by lightning in Uttarkashi A person died after being struck by lightning in Gamra Tok, village of Naugaon block of Uttarkashi’s Sarana village. While two cattle were burnt. Here, there is a possibility of rain and hailstorms in Uttarakhand in the next 24 hours. On Tuesday evening in Uttarkashi, the sudden change of weather ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The lone bailey bridge over the Assi Ganga river connecting Uttarkashi district with the Sino-Indian border collapsed on Sunday morning. No one was reportedly hurt in the incident. The 60-metre long bridge at Gangori on the Gangotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district has collapsed for the second time in over three months. The 190 feet bridge collapsed ...

Union Power Minister RK Singh and Chief Minister Trivender Singh Rawat on Friday laid the foundation stone of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited’s (SJVNL’s) 60 MW Naitwar Mori Hydropower Project. The project is located at Mori on the Tons river, a major tributary of the Yamuna on the Ganga basin, in Uttarkashi district. SJVNL Chairman and Managing Director Nand Lal ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat along with Union Minister of State for Power RK Singh laid the foundation stone of SJVNL’s 60 MW Netwad Mori hydro power project, to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 648.33 crore (Run of the River Project)  at Mori, Uttarkashi on Friday. They also inspected a model of Netwad Mori ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Portals of Yamunotri will open April 18 at 12.15 pm. The date of opening was announced on the occasion of Yamuna Jayanti at Kharsali in Uttarkashi district of the state on Friday. Priests along with members of Yamunotri Temple Committee took out the date and the timings for the opening of the Yamunotri temple, which is also ...

The annual Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand will began from April 18 with the reopening of the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Uttarkashi district. The Himalayan shrines of Gangotri and Yamunotri dedicated to goddesses Ganga and Yamuna respectively will be reopened after a six-month-long winter break for devotees with elaborate religious ceremony. As per age old tradition, both ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Union Minister for water resource Uma Bharti has categorically said that union government would implement the Uttarkashi model across the country. the model creating employment through a drinking water and waste management project. After visiting Uttarkashi town for the launch of a drinking water project, ‘Swajal’, and a waste management project under the Swacch Bharat Mission, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to facilitate all-weather connectivity to Yamunotri, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved two lane Tunnel on Char dham route. In which a construction of 4.531 kilometre long two-lane bi-directional Silkyara Bend – Badkot Tunnel with escape passage including approaches on Dharasu -Yamunotri section in the ...

There was a fierce fire in  Mori block of Uttarkashi district. There was a sudden fire in Svani village late night. Most of the village was engulfed in fire; 46 houses were burnt down to ashes. Thankfully, there was no loss of life reported in the accident. On the spot, the team of SDRF, police and administration is engaged in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Following the tradition set up by the prime minister Narendra Modi and union home minister Rajnath Singh, state Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat celebrated Republic Day with ITBP soldiers in Nelong Post of Uttarkashi on  Friday. He hoisted the flag in Nelong. He spent time with soldiers to encourage them and also distributed sweets. The soldiers expressed happiness over seeing ...