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After 17 days, rescue work in Uttarakhand over, 1.1 lakh evacuated

  •   Tue, Jul 02 2013 07:38:05 PM

Dehradun, Jul 2 (PTI): Seventeen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, the mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists concluded today with a group of 150 people being taken to safety from Badrinath.

In all, around 1.1 lakh people stranded by flash floods and landslides after monsoon rains pounded the hill state on June 15 were evacuated by thousands of personnel of the Army, IAF, Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), who braved all odds.

"All the remaining pilgrims stranded in Badrinath dham have been evacuated. Now some locals and Nepali labourers remain there who will be evacuated gradually as the damaged roads are restored," Chamoli's District Magistrate S A Murugesan told PTI on phone.

The IAF, which concluded its air sorties, has however stationed 10 choppers in the state for about a week or so for use in any operations, an IAF official said in Delhi. The rescue mission was marred by tragedy when an IAF Mi17 V5 chopper carrying 20 personnel and crew crashed killing all on board.

Another challenge is removing tonnes of debris from the shrine premises in Kedarnath as there are no roads to transport heavy equipment like JCBs there for the purpose, Uttarakhand DGP Satyavrat Bansal said.

Bansal said the process of cremating bodies in Kedarnath could not resume even today.
"A team of health experts and trained police personnel has been despatched to the shrine but the exercise could not begin due to bad weather," he added.

Bansal admitted that disposal of bodies is an uphill task due to a variety of factors including bad weather and breached roads.

A total of 36 bodies have so far been disposed of in Kedarnath with 60-65 more lying visibly on the ground yet to be consigned to flames.

Though not specifying a time frame for the exercise, Bansal said there is every indication the process will take long.

Bodies in Kedarnath and adjoining areas like Rambada are stated to be already in an advanced stage of decomposition on the 17th day of the tragedy.
  

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  • Krishna, mangalore

    Wed, Jul 03 2013

    If this job was entrusted to Rambo Modi, he could have done it in 7 days instead of 17 days ( 15,000 per day )

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  • Rajesh Shetty, Mlore-Shj

    Wed, Jul 03 2013

    We hope the Army has also rescued those Congress's stranded trucks and its drivers in Dehradun who were clueless and moneyless to put diesel to the trucks after congress ditched them after showing off & politicizing the relief work in Delhi. The local congress leaders have sold the relief materials in Dehradun and made fortune over the copse's of the victims.

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  • Indian, Mexico

    Wed, Jul 03 2013

    If these are army figures then it is believable.

    If these are the congi government/useless bureaucratic -good for nothing NDRF figures then they beat "Rambo" and now we should call them Feku "Dumbo"'s and Feku "Scambo"'s

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Jul 02 2013

    Special Thanks to our Feku Rambo.....

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  • simple, Bangalore

    Tue, Jul 02 2013

    In such circumstances, everyone involved including those outsiders, have worked selflessly to evacuate such a huge number of people and side by side cleansing the area.
    We must recognise their efforts and laud them for their bravery and dedication.

    Anyone making loud noise un-necessarily, with out giving a helping hand in the hour need, should be shunned.

    Hope blessing of the Divine will be with the Govt.\state\those involved and with the afflicted.
    May the souls of the dead R.I.P. with heartfelt condolences to their near dear ones.

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