A car, with passengers on board, was pulled to safety by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) after it got stuck in a landslide in Uttarakhand.

NDTV reported that the car was perched between two boulders, with powerful water currents passing underneath it, lurches, sways and dragged to terra firma and safety by an earthmover, rescuing its occupants stuck at a swollen Lambagad nallah near Badrinath National Highway.

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The region has been experiencing heavy rainfall over the past few days.

The dramatic rescue was caught on camera and was viral on social media since Monday.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami and assured him of all the necessary help to deal with the situation.

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The Chief Minister briefed PM Modi about the situation and said the administration is fully alert.

PM Modi also spoke to Union minister Ajay Bhatt, who hails from the state, in this regard, NDTV reported official sources as saying.

Five people, including three labourers from Nepal, died and two others were injured with heavy rain lashing Uttarakhand for the second consecutive day on Monday as authorities advised Chardham pilgrims not to proceed to the Himalayan temples till the weather improves.

In another incident, two people were killed when their house collapsed, following a landslide in Selkhola in Champawat district, the State Emergency Operation Centre said.

Operation of vehicles for the Himalayan temples has been suspended temporarily.

Passenger vehicles are not allowed to cross the Chandrabhaga bridge, Tapovan, Lakshman Jhoola and Muni-ki-Reti Bhadrakali barriers in Rishikesh.