Nainital's District Magistrate Deepak Rawat along with PWD officials reached the scene of landslide.
Heavy rains triggered a massive landslide in Uttarakhand, leading to closure of the highway connecting Nainital to Rampur and affecting supplies to this popular tourist town.
National highway 87 connecting Nainital to Rampur remained closed the whole day since early morning due to massive landslide as a consequence of heavy rain near Do Gaon, 25 Km from Nainital.
Traffic was diverted to Nainital via Bhimtal with a detour of 25 extra kilometres. However, traffic on this road was also disrupted for few hours as there was a landslide on this route too near Salari.
Milk and newspaper supply was affected and reached the tourist town in the afternoon only via Kaladhungi route, District Magistrate Deepak Rawat said.
He along with PWD officials reached the scene of landslide and ordered those concerned to open the road at the earliest.
Earth movers were employed but the rock could not be moved. Later more machines were employed to break the rock. Since yesterday, Nainital has received 218 mm of rainfall affecting normal life.