"An inquiry committee has been formed regarding the huge amount of water leakage in the tunnel," Uttarkashi District Magistrate (DM) Abhishek Ruhela said.
Uttarakhand's Special Task Force (STF) busted a gang involved in cheating pilgrims on the pretext of helicopter ticket booking for Kedarnath Dham Yatra. Three members of the gang have also been arrested, said police on Wednesday.
SDRF Commandant Manikant Mishra said, "The state's SDRF i.e. State Disaster Response Force is leading on every front on the lines of a skilled guard. Due to the heavy rains in the state in the last few days, the general public is facing many difficult situations. Somewhere people are trapped
"Since the opening of the doors of Kedarnath Dham, ten lakh pilgrims have visited till now. This time an increase of 18 to 20 per cent has been recorded in the number of passengers as compared to the previous yatra. Every day 15 to 16 thousand pilgrims are visiting Kedarnath," DM Mayur Dixit
"Under the sub-article (1) of the article (3) of the Uttar Pradesh Essential Services Maintainance Act (1966), the Lieutenant Governor forbids strikes under state services for the six months starting from the date of issuance of the notice", said the official statement.
Offline registration for Kedarnath Dham Yatra has been banned till June 10 and online registration till June 15. Devotees who have already registered can visit the Dham.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday highlighted the significant role of social media in facilitating rapid information dissemination and said that in today's era, social media has a big role in quick communication of information.
The SDRF statement said that on May 26, it received information from District Control Room, Rudraprayag that a pilgrim was stranded near Meru Sumeru mountain, 3 to 4 km ahead of Shri Kedarnath towards Bhairav Temple, due to bad weather and heavy snowfall, and that an SDRF team was required
While talking to ANI, CM Dhami said, "Whatever encroachments are on government land in the state, we have already given instructions to either remove it themselves, otherwise the government will take action on them and wherever encroachments have taken place, we have already started remov
DM Khurana directed the officials to complete the construction works expeditiously with quality by employing an adequate number of machines and manpower.