Mussoorie/haridwar, Aug. 15 -- Two truck drivers were swept into the Ganga following a major landslide on the Neelkanth road on Wednesday, officials said, adding that State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police teams were conducting a search operation as heavy rainfall and subsequent landslides caused over 200 road closures in the state on Wednesday. According to police, the landslide struck as a brick-laden truck driven by Munir Ali, and travelling to the Neelkanth shrine from Rishikesh stopped on the road side to change a punctured tyre. A second truck driver, Ajeet Pal, also stopped his vehicle at the spot to help change the tyre, they said. "Just as Mushir restarted the truck, the massive landslide hit the spot, sweeping the vehicle down into the Ganga. Ajeet, who was returning to his truck, was also carried away," said Santosh Paithwal, in-charge of the Lakshman Jhula police station. SDRF divers and rescue boats have been deployed to scour the stretch of the Ganga downstream from the accident site, he added. Meanwhile, heavy to very heavy rainfall lashed parts of Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Champawat, Udham Singh Nagar, Bageshwar and Nainital on Thursday, leading to the closure of 227 roads due to landslides. The IMD's Dehradun centre issued a yellow alert for Friday for heavy rain in Dehradun, Pauri, Bageshwar, Nainital and Champawat, and a red alert for August 16 and 17 in Dehradun, Bageshwar and Nainital....