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Officers stated round 1,300 pilgrims had been stranded in Kedarnath, Bhimbali and Gaurikund and had been protected. (File picture)
Personnel of the State Catastrophe Aid Pressure (SDRF), Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF) and police are taking part within the rescue operation
The operation to rescue pilgrims stranded on the trekking path to the Himalayan Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand entered its third day on Sunday. Greater than 10,500 folks have been evacuated, some airlifted by Air Pressure helicopters.
Officers stated round 1,300 pilgrims had been stranded in Kedarnath, Bhimbali and Gaurikund and had been protected.
Personnel of the State Catastrophe Response Pressure (SDRF), Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF) and police are taking part within the rescue operation. On Friday, Indian Air Pressure Chinook helicopters and MI17 helicopters airlifted some pilgrims from the realm.
Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Vishakha Ashok Bhadane refuted rumors that heavy rains close to the trekking route led to the disappearance of numerous folks.
“Virtually all these reported have returned residence,” the official stated, urging the general public to not consider the rumors.
“Many individuals might not have the ability to contact their households as a result of poor web and dangerous climate,” she stated. The pilgrim, recognized as Shuba, died in a landslide close to Lincholi Tharu camp on Friday. Shubham Kashyap. stated district catastrophe administration officer Nandan Singh Rajewal, a resident of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh state.
Rajewal stated that among the many gadgets discovered close to the physique had been two cell phones, which had been handed over to the Linjoli police publish.
The trekking path to Kedarnath suffered extreme injury as a result of heavy rains within the jungles close to Lincholi on Wednesday night time.
Pilgrims alongside the Gaurikund-Kedarnath trekking route had been stranded exterior Bhimbali when a 20-25 meter stretch was washed away by the raging Mandakini river.
The trekking path to Himalayan temples is blocked by large boulders at Ghoraparav, Lincholi, Badi Lincholi and Bhimbali.
Hajj to Kedarnath is quickly on maintain with the Rudraprayag administration issuing a notification asking pilgrims to attend wherever they’re till the particles on the roads is cleared and repaired .
Officers stated the district administration has additionally dialed two helpline numbers: 7579257572 and 01364-233387, in addition to an emergency quantity 112 to assist folks get details about kinfolk of stranded pilgrims.
(This report has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from related information company – PTI)
