New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- A group of 28 tourists from Kerala has gone missing in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district following a powerful cloudburst that triggered massive mudslides along the route to Gangotri.

The tourist group from Kerala was last heard from on Tuesday, August 5, morning, just hours before landslides swept through large parts of the region, burying roads and cutting off communication.

According to family members, the tourist group included 20 Keralities currently settled in Maharashtra, while the remaining eight were residents of various districts in Kerala.

They were on a 10-day tour of Uttarakhand arranged by a Haridwar-based travel agency.

A woman, whose parents were part of the group, told news agency PTI that the last...