Mussoorie, Aug. 5 -- Heavy monsoon rain continued to batter several districts in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, triggering landslides, disrupting the Char Dham Yatra and affecting normal life across the state, officials said. Falling boulders and mudslides affected several locations along the Yamunotri National Highway (NH-134) including Syanachatti, Junglechatti, Banas, Badiya, Silai Band, Ranachatti and Jharjhargad in Uttarkashi district. Officials said that while highway maintenance teams restored traffic movement near Junglechatti and Banas temporarily, persistent rockfalls at Syanachatti repeatedly forced authorities to suspend vehicular movement. The Gangotri National Highway (NH-34), which was blocked by a landslide near Papadgad was reopened early on Tuesday, officials said. "Directions have been issued to officials, engineers and contractors of the Border Roads Organisation to expedite restoration work while strictly adhering to structural safety and construction quality standards," Kamlesh Upadhyaya, superintendent of police, Uttarkashi, said. Upadhyaya inspected the subsidence-hit stretch near Bhatwari and reviewed security arrangements, traffic management measures and disaster preparedness along the pilgrimage route. Traffic on National Highway-507 was temporarily suspended near Aglar Bridge In Tehri Garhwal district, after debris and rocks rolled down the hillside on Tuesday morning. Brijesh Bhatt, district disaster management officer, Tehri, said heavy machinery was deployed to clear the debris and motorists were advised to use alternative routes. "The highway reopened after nearly an hour-long operation," Bhatt said. Traffic movement was also affected on the Ragadgaon road after rising water levels in the Chifalti river disrupted connectivity. Teams of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and heavy equipment have been deployed to restore connectivity. Meanwhile, swelling rivers pushed water levels close to danger marks in several districts. In Rudraprayag district, the emergency operations centre issued a warning after the Alaknanda river crossed its official warning level of 626 metres and reached 626.21 metres at 7 am, just below the danger mark of 627 metres. The Mandakini river was flowing at 624.85 metres against the warning level of 625 metres and the danger mark of 626 metres. Heavy rainfall also lashed Dehradun and Mussoorie, where traffic was disrupted after debris and mud accumulated on the road below Kingcraig, near JP Bend for over an hour. District disaster management officer Rishabh Ku- marsaid the road reopened after nearly an hour-long operation....