Uttarkashi: The Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) on Thursday said that a total of 12 bodies that were trapped in the Uttarkashi avalanche have been recovered and retrieved now.
Abhishek Ruhela, DM Uttarkashi, said that “16 bodies recovered till now. We are trying to bring the bodies down from high altitude.”
Earlier today, nine bodies were retrieved including four dead bodies that were already brought down on Tuesday (October 4) and Wednesday (October 5).
The expert team has joined the operation with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM). As per the SDRF’s information, the team will conduct its rescue operation at the High Altitude.
In view of the safety of the trekking and mountaineering teams in Uttarkashi, district magistrate Abhishek Ruhela on Thursday banned trekking activities here for the next three days.
On Wednesday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also conducted an aerial inspection of the rescue and relief operation being carried out to find the mountaineering trainees who were hit by the avalanche and announced financial assistance to the kin of the deceased in the Uttarkashi and Pauri Garhwal tragedies which occurred on Tuesday.
“An amount of Rs 2 lakh for deaths, Rs one lakh for serious injuries, and Rs 50,000 for normal injuries will be given to all those affected by these two tragedies,” an official informed.
Besides the tragic incident of the avalanche in Uttarkashi, CM Dhami announced ex-gratia for the accident which claimed 32 lives and injured more than 20 people after a bus carrying a wedding procession fell into a gorge in the Birokhal area of Dhumakot in Pauri-Garhwal district on Tuesday night.
(With ANI Inputs)