Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid a massive surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Uttarakhand government on Thursday suspended the Char Dham Yatra for this year. The yatra was scheduled to start from May 14.
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Overcoming the limitation imposed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the mountaineers of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) successfully climbed the Gangotri II peak (21,615 Ft) in Uttarakhand on September 26, said the force on Thursday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 25 (ANI): As many as 57,024 pilgrims have visited the Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri from July 1 to September 25, said the Uttarakhand Chardham Devasthanam Management Board on Friday.
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], September 21 (ANI): Snow leopards, one of the rarest wild animals, have been spotted multiple times in Gangotri National Park here since last month, animal scientist Shambhu Prasad Nautiyal informed on Monday.
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], September 9 (ANI): A 56-member team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has left for Gangotri-II peak to conduct research work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Narendra Nagar (Uttarakhand) [India], August 26 (ANI): The Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway (NH-94) in Narendra Nagar, which was closed for past 57 hours due to landslide, is expected to open by Wednesday evening, the local administration said.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Woolly flying squirrel, that was thought to be extinct some seventy years back, was spotted at Gangotri National Park in Uttrakhand's Uttarkashi, informed Forest Research Institute, on Monday.
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Gangotri National Highway has been closed for more than 30 hours due to incessant rainfall and landslides in Uttarakhand.
Gangotri (Uttarakhand) [India], July 29 (ANI): The famous Gangotri Dham in Uttarakhand will remain closed till August 15 in view of the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country.