State Chief Secretary, Disaster Management Secretary, UCADA CEO, Garhwal Commissioner, and other senior officials were present in the high-level meeting along with CM Dhami.
He said, This place is a 7 km trekking route. NDRF and SDRF teams have been sent there... According to the information received from locals, there is no possibility of anyone surviving. There were six people in this helicopter, including the pilot Chauhan. One of the passengers was a child,
A helicopter going from Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi has been reported to have crashed near Gaurikund, an official statement by Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) said. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have left f
The incident took place at around 5:20 am when the chopper, with six passengers- five adults and one child and the pilot, which was going from Shri Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi, crashed near Gaurikund.
On enquiry, the SDRF team found that a total of 6 people, who are residents of Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), were going towards Garudchatti via a shortcut route after visiting Shri Kedarnath ji. While crossing the river near the Rambada area, one of them, Rahul (22), was swept away in the strong
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday visited Kedarnath Dham and offered prayers at the sacred temple, seeking the blessings of Mahadev, revered as the God of Gods.
According to officials, the chopper - an AW119 operated by Kestrel Aviation Private Limited - developed a sudden technical fault during takeoff, prompting the pilot to carry out a hard but controlled landing on the nearby road.
In a post on X, he said, "Today, I left from Sahastradhara helipad, Dehradun with my family to visit Kedarnath Dham, one of the four Dhams, to have darshan of Mahadev, the God of Gods."
According to people at the scene, a group of five pilgrims had deviated from the main route in an attempt to descend quickly via an uncharted path along the river. While three of them managed to return safely, two people named Dharamveer (28) and Shaili Singh (27), both residents of Delhi we
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with her family, offered prayers at Kedarnath Dham on Monday and said her wish for Baba Kedar's blessings to provide her the strength to work towards the development of the national capital.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that Shri Kedarnath Dham Yatra has become the axis of faith and culture of Uttarakhand. The government's goal is not only to provide facilities to the pilgrims, but also to economically empower the local youth, women and traders.