A minimum of 2,670 folks had been taken to Sonprayag by the aid forces as of Thursday. (File)
Rudraprayag:
Heavy rains have severely broken the route within the Rudraprayag district on Wednesday evening. The rescue and aid work to evacuate the folks stranded is underway.
In accordance with the Uttarakhand police, as many as 737 folks had been rescued by helicopter and not less than 2,670 folks had been taken to Sonprayag by the aid forces as of Thursday.
Taking to its official deal with on X, Uttarakhand police posted, “The rescue work of individuals stranded on the Shri Kedarnath Dham Yatra route is continuous. 737 passengers had been rescued by helicopter all through the day.”
“2,670 passengers had been taken to Sonprayag. SDRF, NDRF, DDRF, District Police and Administration groups are selflessly serving to the devotees,” learn the put up.
Earlier, Abhinav Kumar, Director Normal of Police, Uttarakhand, gave details about the aid and rescue operations after heavy rains within the state and appealed to the folks of the state and travellers to be cautious and observe the directions of the officers.
Amid heavy rainfall in Tehri and Rudraprayag districts, Uttarakhand DGP Abhinav Kumar knowledgeable on Thursday that the Kedarnath Yatra has been suspended for 2 days because of climate situations and 12 NDRF in addition to 60 SDRF groups are engaged in rescue work.
Talking to ANI on the state of affairs created by heavy rains in Tehri and Rudraprayag districts, Uttarakhand Director Normal of Police Abhinav Kumar mentioned on Thursday, “We had obtained an alert from the Meteorological Division about heavy rains within the state for 48 hours. In view of this alert, the police, NDRF, SDRF and native administration had been placed on alert. After the rain began final evening, we began getting studies of landslides, rock falls, and so forth. from varied areas.”
“Groups had been despatched to many locations for aid and rescue. The Chief Minister visited Tehri and Rudraprayag and met the affected folks.
Up to now, 11 folks have died in varied districts and eight are severely injured. By morning, about 1000 folks had been stranded in Kedarnath and 800 folks had been stranded on the trek route of Kedarnath,” he mentioned.
“As a result of climate warning, we’ve got suspended the Yatra for the subsequent two days. Now we have restricted the motion of pilgrims on the Yamunotri and Kedarnath trek routes. The state authorities has taken the assistance of the Air Drive to evacuate the folks stranded in Kedarnath. NDRF 12 groups of INS and 60 groups of SDRF are engaged in rescue work,” he added.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami additionally performed a floor inspection of the rain-affected areas in Tehri and Rudraprayag on Thursday.
Heavy rains in varied elements of the state on Wednesday evening have brought on heavy harm to roads, footbridges, energy and ingesting water strains, in addition to agricultural land.
As quickly because the details about the catastrophe was obtained, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami turned lively from the evening itself and reached the State Catastrophe Operations Centre at evening and inquired concerning the harm attributable to heavy rains throughout the state.
He instructed the officers to stay in alert mode.
Kedarnath Yatra has been stopped in the meanwhile in view of the security of the passengers because of landslides at many locations on the Kedarnath footpath.
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