Heavy snowfall on Friday night stranded vehicles and passengers at several locations in the high-altitude areas of Nainital, Uttarkashi, and Tehri Garhwal districts.
Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said that Indian aircraft have evacuated stranded people in Sri Lanka, including citizens from Germany, South Africa, Slovenia and United Kingdom.
The stranded individuals were evacuated to safety with the help of helicopters. The military helicopters from Hakimpet transported the stranded individuals to safety.
Leader of the Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, speaking to the media after the walkout, said "Entire villages have been washed away. The Kullu-Manali road has been blocked for the past three days, with all routes cut off and thousands of tourists stranded. People are spen
Authorities continued air operations for the seventh consecutive day on Tuessay to rescue the stranded people in the areas of Dharali and Harsil in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, where flash floods hit on August 5, causing widespread destruction with loss of lives and properties.
As per information from officials, 133 people were safely airlifted till 9 am on Monday with the help of the MI 17 and Chinook helicopter and other small helicopters.
After heavy rains caused severe havoc in the state of Uttarakhand damaging the route in the Rudraprayag district, restoration and rescue work is underway to evacuate the people stranded. Disaster Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman stated that as many as 3,000 stranded people have been rescued so fa
Amid flood-like situation in Tamil Nadu's Chennai due to heavy rainfall caused due to Cyclone Michaung, more than 700 people were shifted to safer locations by the flood relief teams of Indian Navy.
In a daring mission conducted in North Sikkim, troops of Indian Army's Trishakti Corps rescued 245 persons stranded in the village of Rabom due to flash floods in Sikkim, the officials said on Sunday.
According to an official statement from the Public Relations Officer (PRO) Indian Army, the search operation for the missing soldiers continues with the focus now on the downstream areas of Teesta Barrage.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Thursday rescued 51 people who were stranded in cloud burst incident sites at Shehnu Gouni and Kholanala villages in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, said authorities.