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Yamunotri Yatra Suspended as Search for Missing Pilgrims Resumes

NDRF has pressed sniffer dogs into service to locate two missing pilgrims, prompting authorities to suspend the Yamunotri trek route.

Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams reached the spot and launched relief-and-rescue operations.
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Local authorities have launched a rescue operation to locate and extricate those feared trapped under the debris.

Overview

  • Two pilgrims, Bhavika Sharma (11) and Kamlesh Jethwa (35), remain unaccounted for after a landslide struck near Kainchi Bhairav Mandir on June 23.
  • Rescue teams recovered two bodies identified as Harishankar (47) and his daughter Khyati (8) late Monday evening.
  • A pilgrim from Mumbai named Rasik was rescued injured from the debris and is in stable condition at a Jankichatti health centre.
  • SDRF, NDRF and local police have deployed over 100 ambulances, medical teams and high-mast lighting to support round-the-clock search operations.
  • The India Meteorological Department has issued heavy rain alerts through June 26 for several Uttarakhand districts, heightening the risk of further landslides.