Dehradun / Shimla: The day after 11 climbers – the majority of them from West Bengal – who were on their way from Harsil in Uttarakhand against Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh missed after heavy snowfall in the region, the body of five trekkers was restored in Kinnaur (Himachal) Pradesh) Two saved alive.
It comes even as four more tourists – all from Kolkata – reportedly died while traveling to the Sundhunga valley on Kumaon.
Talking about Sundhunga Trek, Kapkot (Bageshwar) Sub-division of Paritosh Verma told Ti that a porter, Harak Singh, accompanied a team of six members had returned from the trip and told the administration that four trekkers had been buried alive in the snow while two is lost.
“We have sent the State Disaster Response Team (SDRF) and the medical team to the site.
We also saved 42 tourists from this region,” he said.
Extreme weather in two Himalayas has left the hordes of tourists stranded.
At least 80 tourists, most of West Bengal, Punjab, Delhi and Himachal, have been stranded in Cancel in the Himachal Spital Valley since Sunday when heavy snowflows blocked the Pantai-Kaza highway.
They have taken refuge in two Dhabas and the government’s rest house.
More than 100 tourists currently stranded in Darma and Byas Valleys in Uttarakhand and the district government has decided to transport it.
Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh’s authority said that the trekker’s body would be flown to Uttarkashi on Friday as bad weather prevented the sortie helicopter on Thursday.
The rescue team consisting of army and ITBP personnel in Kinnaur Regency has restored the body and saved two climbers.
Trekker, including a woman from New Delhi and seven people from West Bengal, is part of the team 17 members departing last week on the trip – which, with more than 17,000 feet, past some of the most remote Uttarakhand areas.
And cellphone.
Deputy Commissioner (Kinnaur) Abid Hussain Sadiq said that on Wednesday night they got information that 11 tourists – came to Chitkul from Uttarkashi – stuck in the snow.
He said they contacted the officials of Indo-Tibetan Border Police and troops and rescue and assistance work began on Thursday.
ITBP personnel started the operation from Nithal Thach in the middle of a three and a half foot snow while the army carried out an air rescue operation with the help of helicopters.
The rescue team found a tourist – identified as Mithun from 31 years old from West Bengal – and a guide trapped and stranded in the snow.
This tourist was flown to Uttarkashi while the guide would be transported on Friday.
The Lahaul-Spitan government will also try to evacuate all tourists stranded to be canceled on Friday.
The tourists were after the administration launched an air and ground search operation on Thursday morning after a family member from one of the tourists was stranded to ask for help.
While the army helicopter gets several instructions, the land team found 80 tourists stranded to be clear famous for extreme weather conditions.
Deputy Commissioner Lahaul-spiti Neeraj Kumar said, “We received a telephone call of around 1.30 in the morning that some tourists who visited Lahaul-Spiti could not be contacted since the road was blocked.
We immediately formed a Ground Search Team 15 members from Spiti and also seek help from the state government For Aerial Recce.
When the valley is inside and steep peaks, we take help from a small personal helicopter.
However, then the Aerial Recce was done with the help of the army helicopter.
“Kumar added that everything was not clear from the helicopter but saw a vehicle near the Chandratal Lake and Some vehicles canceled.
Stranded tourists include 16 from West Bengal traveling in a tempo traveler vehicle.