Uttarkashi, Sept. 5 -- Uttarkashi District Magistrate Prashant Arya on Friday directed the concerned agency to ensure all necessary arrangements so that the flow of the Yamuna River can be regulated, which was partially blocked due to debris.

The District Magistrate said that the path of the Yamuna River was partially blocked due to debris in the Gadgad Gadera area of Syanachatti in Barkot tehsil. Following this, the temporary lake formed here caused waterlogging in the surrounding area.

"Efforts are being continuously made by various agencies of the administration to increase the drainage by widening the mouth of the lake and to deepen the river path by removing the deposition brought by the river. JCB, Poklane, and necessary machines ...