Uttarakhand avalanche latest news

As per the Tourism Department, so far more than 41 lakh devotees have registered for the Chardham Yatra this year and about 23 lakh pilgrims have completed the Chardham Yatra so far. Out of the total pilgrims, about 7.70 lakhs have visited Kedarnath Dham, 6.38 lakhs the Badrinath Dham, 4.28 lakhs the Gangotri Dham and 3.83 lakhs the Yamunotri Dham.

• • • • Uttarakhand Avalanche Tragedy: 10 Mountaineers Killed, Search Ops Underway For 11 Others Uttarakhand Avalanche Tragedy: 10 Mountaineers Killed, Search Ops Underway For 11 Others Uttarakhand Avalanche Tragedy: Giving details police said eight have been rescued so far, and the search operation is underway for 11 others at the moment. Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar further added that the Indian Air Force helicopters are helping in the rescue effort. Uttarakhand Avalanche Tragedy Latest Update: Over 10 mountaineers have been killed in the avalanche as the tragedy struck Uttarakhand earlier in the day, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering Principal Amit Bisht told news agency PTI. Giving details police said eight have been rescued so far, and the search operation is underway for 11 others at the moment. Uttarakhand | SDRF teams leave from Sahastradhara helipad in Dehradun to rescue the trainees trapped in an avalanche in Draupadi's Danda-2 mountain peak — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) An avalanche at Draupadi Ka Danda peak in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district had trapped 29 mountaineers from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in a tweet said the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and a team of mountaineers from the NIM have launched rescue operations. Dhami also said he has spoken to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and sought the help of the Army in expediting the res...

Today's incident brought back memories of 2013 disaster when multiple cloudburst resulted in devastating floods and landslides in Kedarnath and other regions of Uttarakhand. According to figures provided by the Government of Uttarakhand, more than 5,700 people were 'presumed dead'. The death toll was later placed at 6,054. ALSO READ:

Earlier on 4 June, a similar snow avalanche took place in the state that hit a group of pilgrims en route to Hemkund Sahib. The State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) rescued five of them while recovering the body of one pilgrim on June 5 after the rescue operation resumed. Meanwhile, offline registration for Kedarnath Dham Yatra has been suspended till 10 June, and online registration till 15 June. Devotees who have already registered can visit the Dham, said the authorities. So far, over 41 lakh devotees have registered for Chardham Yatra, said the tourism department. The move has been taken to control the crowd. According to the report of the Tourism Department, more than 60 thousand pilgrims are visiting Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri Dham daily when the weather is clear. The Char Dham Yatra consists of four holy shrines: Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. The Kapat (door) of the Gangotri and Yamunotri opened for devotees on April 22, the auspicious day of Akshay Tritiya. The doors of the Kedarnath Dham opened on 25 April and Badrinath Dham on 27 April. With agency inputs.

THE DEATH toll in the avalanche in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand climbed to 10 on Wednesday, as six more bodies were sighted but are yet to be recovered. Four bodies were recovered on Tuesday. A “As of now, we have 25 people missing, of which six bodies have been located but are yet to be recovered. Four bodies have been recovered. Once we recover the six bodies, we will still have 19 people missing. The relief and rescue operation is over for the day, and it will resume on Thursday morning,” said State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Inspector General Ridhim Aggarwal. The multi-agency rescue teams have rescued 26 people so far – 12 who were part of the NIM team, and another 14 who were at the base camp. The NIM team included 34 trainees and seven instructors. The NIM said the avalanche struck at around 8.45 am on Tuesday, when the team was returning after scaling the peak as part of the advanced mountaineering course. Also Read | According to a PTI report, the missing are said to be stuck in the crevasse in Dokriani Bamak glacier where the avalanche struck. The trainees hail from West Bengal, The bodies recovered include that of mountaineer Savita Kanswal who had climbed Mount Everest in May this year, said PTI. “In order to reduce the time taken by teams to reach the site, we have set up a base camp at a height of 15,000 feet, about 1,000 feet below the site of the incident. A temporary helipad has also been set up closer to the site of the incident. A team from the ...

A massive avalanche has hit the mountains around the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand earlier Thursday. According to reports, no damage or casualties have been reported in the incident. Screengrab from video clip of the massive avalanche(PTI) According to the video clip shared by news agency PTI, fumes of snow descending down the mountains could be seen and pilgrims, visitors standing in front of the temple were gazing at the snowslide as it took place.