Deputy Commissioner has announced ex-gratia relief up to Rs 4 Lakh for each deceased, besides compensation for the damaged house as per the SDRF norms.
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
"A devotee who had come from Noida, Uttar Pradesh for Shri Kedarnath Yatra lost his way at Garudchatti and got stuck on the other side of the river," said SDRF officials.
Before the opening of the doors, State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) has been deployed at Bhundar and Ghangaria, the main halts of Sri Hemkund Sahib road, officials said on Tuesday.
Himachal Prades Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday that this HP SDRF has shown excellent performance in the past few months and its dedication and efficiency have been instrumental in saving lives and property during natural calamities.
Four workers have died while 20 others have been injured after a three-storeyed rice mill building collapsed at Karnal in Haryana, said the administration on Tuesday.
At least 50 teams of the fire department were engaged to control the blaze, which broke out on Friday, officials said, adding that a team each from State Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force were also pressed into service to douse the flames.