The Badrinath highway was closed due to heavy snowfall in Uttarakhand on Monday.
Inclement weather has also stopped the restoration and construction work at Kedarnath, one of the shrines of the famous annual "Char Dhaam Yatra". Three shrines shrines affected are Yamunotri, Gangotri and Badrinath.
State government officials said heavy snowfall on Sunday blocked traffic in the Lokhandi region of Chakrata,.
Some landslides were also reported at the Rishikesh-Badrinath road near Khadchadha, Lambagad and light snowfall in regions like Gaursaun, Vedni Bugyal, Roopkund, Rudranath and Kuari Pass.
The Met department has predicted similar weather for the next few days after which, they said, summers would set in.
The winters have been unusually harsh in the hill state and the recent rain and snowfall have only added to the miseries of the people in Uttarakhand region.
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