Urgent Update Required for Hemkund Sahib

delhiwala · Jul 21st, 2009, 17:15

They might be ! It just appeared too much to me....

These people will be having harrowing times.......

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Originally Posted by livinhimalayas

I am just quoting a news report Delhiwala and who am I to question whether the numbers are right or not?

livinhimalayas · Jul 21st, 2009, 23:06

this was on the afternoon news on one of the english news channels, but maybe the reader read 1800 as 18000 - slip of tongue perhaps. But the Pipalkoti route is closed (landslide), Hemkunt Sahib route closed (landslide and road slip) and Badrinath route is closed (landslide and rubble deposited on the road by a cloud burst. There is talk of suspending the yatra. Gangotri route was also closed (landslides) and I hear the Rishikesh Rudraprayag route is also not fully operational.
Pretty bad situation over all.
Police and para military have been called in to rescue people and bring them over. As of last night over a thousand people had been rescued from Badrinath and the operation was on to bring over the other Yatris stuck there.

patialahill · Jul 22nd, 2009, 18:07

I too heard about the bridge being washed away. Before going on this route, please call GNVML Office. Telephone no are:

Dehradun : 91-135-2740896, 2746817, 2749308, 2748478

Rishikesh : 91-135-2431793, 2431783, 2435174, 2430799

livinhimalayas · Jul 22nd, 2009, 18:59

Badrinath the situation as of this morning was still not very good, the administration is trying to get the pilgrims stuck there out and control prices of food stuff. Advice is to avoid badrinath completely and Hemkunt too.

Jul 21st, 2009, 23:06	#17
livinhimalayas still learning Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Abode of Snow Posts: 3,337	this was on the afternoon news on one of the english news channels, but maybe the reader read 1800 as 18000 - slip of tongue perhaps. But the Pipalkoti route is closed (landslide), Hemkunt Sahib route closed (landslide and road slip) and Badrinath route is closed (landslide and rubble deposited on the road by a cloud burst. There is talk of suspending the yatra. Gangotri route was also closed (landslides) and I hear the Rishikesh Rudraprayag route is also not fully operational. Pretty bad situation over all. Police and para military have been called in to rescue people and bring them over. As of last night over a thousand people had been rescued from Badrinath and the operation was on to bring over the other Yatris stuck there. __________________ He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. - Benjamin Franklin

Jul 22nd, 2009, 18:07	#18
patialahill Maverick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 92	I too heard about the bridge being washed away. Before going on this route, please call GNVML Office. Telephone no are: Dehradun : 91-135-2740896, 2746817, 2749308, 2748478 Rishikesh : 91-135-2431793, 2431783, 2435174, 2430799 __________________ PatialaHill

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Jul 22nd, 2009, 18:59	#19
livinhimalayas still learning Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Abode of Snow Posts: 3,337	Badrinath the situation as of this morning was still not very good, the administration is trying to get the pilgrims stuck there out and control prices of food stuff. Advice is to avoid badrinath completely and Hemkunt too.