It was supposed to be an 11-day adventurous trip for a group of trekkers from Bengaluru who had reached Uttarakhand on May 29. Everything was going as planned until June 3 when the trip took a disastrous turn after the 22-member group got caught in a blizzard on the Sahastra Tal trek. It lasted for over four hours, and we …
New Delhi/Uttarkashi, Nine members of a trekking team have died while six have survived after being trapped due to severe weather conditions on their way to Sahastra Tal in Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, according to the IAF which carried out a rescue operation on Wednesday. Nine members of trekking team die on way to Sahastra Tal, three survivors evacuated by IAF …
Five persons were killed after a 22-member group, which had gone for trekking to Sahastra Tal in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, lost its way due to bad weather. The Indian Air Force has been deployed to rescue the surviving members of the expedition group among which 13 were rescued till late Wednesday evening District Magistrate, Uttarkashi, Meharban Singh Bisht said …
Nine members of a 22-member trekking team died after they lost their way due to bad weather during the Sahastra Tal trek in the upper Himalayas in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Wednesday, adding the remaining 13 trekkers have been rescued. A 22-member trekking team, including 18 trekkers from Karnataka and one from Maharashtra besides three local guides, …
DEHRADUN: A group of 22 trekkers, who embarked on an expedition to Sahastra Tal, a favourite destination for adventure enthusiasts, has been reported as stranded. Upon receiving news of the incident, District Magistrate Dr. Meharban Singh Bisht swiftly mobilized the State Disaster Response Force headquarters to dispatch a rescue team to the site. SDRF commandant Manikant Mishra told The New …