India, Aug. 6 -- At least 413 pilgrims on their way to the Kinner Kailash Yatra were evacuated in a nine-hour-long operation after suspected cloudbursts on Tuesday led to flash floods along the Kheer Ganga riverbanks in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi.

The district administration has suspended the Kinner Kailash Yatra as of now. Two main bridges at Tanglipi and Kangerang were damaged and stretches of the trekking route were washed away at different locations, officials aware of the development said.

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which guards the Indo-China border, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reached the spots on Tuesday evening.

"From last night till this morning, 413 pilgrims trapped on different sides of the mou...