It said that the Sonprayag police received information that several pilgrims were stranded in the Chirbasa area located about 3 kilometres from Gaurikund due to a landslide.
A landslide on Sunday partially damaged the Gaurikund-Kedarnath route near the helipad, about 2.5 km from Gaurikund, leaving the stretch inaccessible to trekkers,
According to officials, the Kedarnath police post received information that Chirag, allegedly in connivance with a local resident and a hotel owner, was luring devotees with the false promise of arran ...
Following heavy rainfall, a massive landslide triggered debris to crash onto the main road, severing the connectivity for thousands of devotees returning from or heading toward the Kedarnath shrine.
Work to clear the debris has commenced, with Omkar Nath Pandey, Executive Engineer of the National Highway, stating, “Two machines have been deployed to clear the rubble.”
