The pilgrimage route had been largely suspended in August due to rain-induced landslides, leaving thousands stranded. Rescue efforts are ongoing with assistance from the Air Force’s Chinook and MI-17 helicopters, along with private choppers.
Due to heavy rains, eight people have died while about six people have been injured in Uttarakhand. Besides multiple roads being washed away, Taptkund, where devotees take baths, has also been ruined and buried under the debris.
Around 50 people were trapped on Sunday when some cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut hills close to Baba Baidyanath Temple in Jharkhand's Deoghar district, officials said.
One Mi17 helicopter is being used in the rescue operation while IAF is sending more Mi17s to join rescue efforts in the Jharkhand ropeway mishap. As per eyewitnesses, 50 people were stuck in at least 12 cabins in the ropeway out of whom 18 people from 3 trollies have been rescued so far.
Lloyd Austin conveyed his condolences in a telephonic conversation with Rajnath Singh.
he Indian Air Force deployed its helicopters laden with pesticides early on Sunday on a request by the Jodhpur district administration and sprayed the chemical over a huge swarm of locusts which had landed in Bheekamkor village in the sub-division on Saturday.
An Mi-17 medium-lift transport helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing near Mukutang in Sikkim on Thursday due to bad weather, officials said. All four aircrew of the IAF and two Indian Army personnel on board the chopper are reported to be safe
The officer held responsible for the accidental shooting down of a military helicopter at the height of India-Pakistan tension in February will be charged by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for culpable homicide not amounting to murder along with three others, according to reports.
As per reports, the accident happened at the time of landing.
New Delhi/Gaurikund, June 26: A newly-acquired Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed while engaged on a rescue mission in Uttarakhand Tuesday killing 20 people, a top official engaged in the relief operations said.
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