FACT SHEET: Uttarakhand rescue and relief operations (26th June) • The Cabinet Secretary chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee this evening to review the relief and rescue measures in Uttarakhand. • Bad weather hampered the rescue efforts particularly those of air evacuation. However, rescue measures of evacuating stranded people on tracks and through roads continued. • The cremation procedure for bodies has started in Kedarnath by the State Government. • The Army went through the Jungle Chatti area however there were no survivors. • The Border Road Organisation has made a bridge at Pandukeshwar which has enabled those stranded in Badrinath to cross over. • Ration and edible oil supplies have reached Badrinath. Indian Air Force: • Despite bad weather the Indian Air Force conducted 64 sorties to evacuate 636 persons. • 44 aircraft have been deployed in the region. • The operations in the Shimla region were continuing till late evening. Army: • The Army today evacuated 2000 stranded persons from Badrinath through the bridge at Pandukeshwar and air evacuated 444 persons. • It is estimated that there are 2750 persons are now remaining in Badrinath who need evacuation. • From the Harsil area, 600 persons were evacuated and a balance of 540 continued still remain to be evacuated. • A total of 8000 troops have been deployed in the area and a total of 28,300 persons have been evacuated by the Army till date. ITBP: • The ITBP evacuated 400 persons today by 3.00 p.m. So far 30,816 pilgrims have been evacuated by ITBP rescue teams. BRO: • The BRO was able to open the road up to 30 km beyond Uttar Kashi. The road from Srinagar to Rudra Prayag and Joshi Math has also been cleared. • The road up to km 6 from Kedarnath to Augustya Muni has been operationalised. • The bridge at Lambagarh near Joshimath was opened to enable people to cross over. • The bridge at Son Prayag could not be operationalised as the rainfall resulted in sharp increase in the water flow of the river. • Another bridge is being set up at a location nearby and is likely to be operationalised by tomorrow morning. Telecom: • The BSNL tower at Augustya Muni is now operational. • Only three towers of BSNL are down at present. • The private telecom operators have also opened emergency numbers to provide the last active location of their subscribers in the region.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:47:39 +0000
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