India, Aug. 8 -- At least 151 tourists from Maharashtra have been stranded in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand after landslides and flash floods cut off access to the remote Dharali region. While 120 of them have been located and are safe at an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp, 31 remain uncontactable - including 12 from Mumbai's suburban areas.

The missing tourists include people from Mumbai, Thane, Solapur, Nashik, Malegaon, Titwala, and Ahilyanagar.

Search and rescue operations are underway in the affected region, which continues to reel under poor weather and communication blackouts.

Maharashtra chief secretary Rajesh Kumar spoke with his Uttarakhand counterpart Anand Bardhan on Friday, urging that the search and evacuation...