Army rescues 70 more disaster victims at Dharali, 200 tourists stranded at Gangotri

Prithviraj Singh

Dehradun, Aug. 7 -- The Indian Army on Thursday rescued 70 more landslide-hit people from Dharali in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand in addition to 130 people who were taken to safer locations on Tuesday-Wednesday morning. However, 60 people are still missing, police and local sources said. Around 200 tourists are stranded at Gangotri as more than 225 Army personnel along with State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and ITBP teams are engaged in rescue operation at cloudburst-hit Dharali. A statement issued by the Indian army on Thursday said Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in the cloudburst-affected area of Dharali near Harsil were intensified as the weather turned conducive enabling resump...