PITHORAGARH, NEPAL, July 11, 2003: The Kailash-Mansarovar yatra came to an abrupt halt on the third day of the pilgrimage on Thursday when landslides blocked the road at Teentola, about 15 km from Dharchula, leaving the pilgrims stranded at Tawaghat, police said. This group is coming from India directly into Tibet, and not via Nepal through which most of the commercial pilgrimages pass on the way to Kailas. Public Works Department personnel were pressed into service to clear the road. The first batch of 16 pilgrims, who had reached Dharchula town on Wednesday, had left by bus for Mangati on Thursday morning. From Mangati, the last motorhead in Pithoragarh district, the pilgrims would start an arduous trek of 200 km to Kailash-Mansarovar in Tibet, officials said.
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