Dehradun, June 29 -- Relief and rescue efforts are underway in Rudraprayag district with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and state police rescue teams working assiduously to lift the victims from the accident zone.

Till the last reports came in, two people have died in the accident while less than a dozen are still missing, with fears looming large that they could have been washed away by the flow of the fast-moving river.

Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand government has said that it is closely monitoring the relief and rescue operations on the spot.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took to X to inform that the relief and rescue efforts were being carried out on a war footing and said that three people have been airlifted to AIIMS,...