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"Priority to bring every Maharashtra citizen back": Ajit Pawar on safety o
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"Our foremost priority is to ensure that every tourist returns home safely and their families are assured of their well-being," said Pawar. He appealed to the families of the stranded to avoid panicking.
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Floods in Gilgit-Baltistan leave 10 dead, cause widespread damage as searc
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The death toll from the recent flooding in the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) region has reached 10, as rescue operations continue and stranded tourists are being relocated to safer areas, Dawn reported, citing officials on Sunday.
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Uttarakhand: Stranded tourists will be brought back, says Eknath Shinde
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Landslides triggered by heavy rains have been recurring across Uttarkashi district, hampering road connectivity and posing challenges for both locals and tourists.
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North Sikkim: Air evacuation operation from Chaten concludes successfully
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
The statement reads, "The air evacuation operation from Chaten concluded this morning with the final sortie of MI-17 helicopters transporting army personnel to Pakyong Greenfield Airport. A total of 76 army personnel were airlifted in the first sortie carried out by three MI-17 helicopters.
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Sikkim: Evacuation of stranded tourists from Chaten successfully completed
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
The final phase of the operation involved Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters airlifting the remaining 63 tourists from Chaten on Thursday, with follow-up sorties resuming on Friday morning as weather conditions improved. The operation was carried out in coordination with the National Disaste
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North Sikkim: Relief operations resume; first chopper sortie of day flies
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
As part of the ongoing evacuation efforts in response to the recent disaster in North Sikkim, the first helicopter sortie of the day took off early this morning from Pakyong Greenfield Airport towards Chaten to rescue stranded tourists, according to an official statement.
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Sikkim: First batch of tourists from Chaten successfully evacuated at Paky
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Sikkim began evacuating stranded tourists from Chaten today with MI-17 and Cheetah helicopters. A total of 43 tourists were airlifted to Pakyong Greenfield Airport. The government has also arranged buses to Siliguri for further transport
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North Sikkim landslide: Army reaches cut-off Lachen on foot, 113 tourists
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Braving extreme weather and dangerous terrain, the Indian Army reached the completely cut-off Lachen village on foot, locating 113 stranded tourists. Of them, 30, including foreign nationals, were airlifted on June 3 following massive landslides
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Sikkim: Chungthang-Phidang road in Mangan district restored, evacuation of
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Tourism and Civil Aviation Department of Sikkim announced on Monday that the Chungthang-Phidang road in Mangan District has been restored, allowing for the safe evacuation of stranded tourists to commence.
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North Sikkim: Stranded tourists in Lachung now being evacuated in coordina
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Stranded tourists in Lachung are now being actively evacuated through a coordinated effort involving the police, residents, forest personnel, and the Lachung Hotel Association.
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Sikkim landslides: BRO undertakes restoration works to evacuate over 1,000
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has launched restoration works on a war footing in north Sikkim following massive landslides triggered by a cloudburst and incessant rains, enabling partial road connectivity for the evacuation of over 1,000 stranded tourists.
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Maharashtra government arranges four flights to bring back tourists from J
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, the Maharashtra government took the initiative to ensure the safe return of stranded tourists from the state. The state government arranged four flights to bring back tourists from Jammu and Kashmir.
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