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| September 20, 2010 | Dehradun landslides leave tourists stranded | | Dehradun: Continuous landslides in Uttarakhand's Dehradun region have blocked National Highway-72 leading to New Delhi , and left tourists stranded. On Sunday, hundreds of tourists
headed back to their homes after torrential rains resulted in a number of landslides
in the region. "We came here to Dehradun for holidays, we heard that the Uttarakhand
state has been receiving a lot of rain but did not imagine such a situation. We
are now planning to go back from Kanpur ," said Shantanu, a tourist. "We are seeing
that landslides are happening everywhere. People are stranded everywhere, and
are facing a lot of problems," he added. Bulldozers were working at the site to
clear the slush and rubble in order to resume transport services.
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