Catastrophe struck Uttarakhand

An Indian army personnel carries a stranded woman pilgrim to a safer area in Chamoli district, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed many people in northern India. More than 1,000 pilgrims are stranded at various locations due to floods and landslides. according to reports.

Indian army personnel rescue stranded pilgrims to a safe place in one of the worst flood affected region in Govind Ghat, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed many people in northern India. More than 1,000 pilgrims are stranded at various locations due to floods and landslides. according to reports.

A damaged government guest house falls into the flooded water of the River Ganges in Shrinagar district, in the northers Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded.

Houses are partly submerged in the flooded River Ganges in Uttarakashi district, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded.

A man rows past a bus partly submerged in flood water in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded.

Indian people cross the Laxman Jhula, or an iron suspension bridge, over the flooded River Ganges in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded.

Indian people walk on a mountain near a highway damaged by a landslide in Chamoli district, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded.

Indian people walk on a mountain near a highway damaged by a landslide in Chamoli district, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded.