Uttarakhand Communication Network broken
Published on: Tuesday, 18 June 2013 //
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Though hundreds of people were evacuated to safer places during the day, further relief and rescue operations got disrupted due to extensive landslides in the routes connecting Badrinath,Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri.
NDMA's vice-chairman M Shashidhar Reddy told TOI that the next two-three days were crucial as the authorities did not know the exact locations of stranded people and the extent of damage.
12 teams (540 personnel) of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), over 1,000 Army, ITBP and BSF personnel reached different locations in Uttarakhand. The Army has already launched a dozen reconnaissance parties to inaccessible areas to obtain first hand information.
NDRF inspector general (operations) Sandeep Rai Rathore said, "We are making all out efforts and are continuously enhancing the operations to rescue as many people as we can. Sixty people were rescued on Monday by us in Haridwar,".
Shelter and emergency medical centre to accommodate around 300 people have been established at the ITBP camp in Joshimath.
The paramilitary force spokesperson said a number of yatris and vehicles were stranded en-route to Badrinath as the road at Pandukeshwar, 30 km from Joshimath towards Badrinath, was blocked after landslides.
The people stranded there, are in critical condition praying continuously to save their life.
