Uttarakhand: Rescue ops continue despite bad weather

Despite rain and overcast skies today, military helicopters continued rescue operations in Uttarakhand today.

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Nearly 90,000 people have been rescued in a heroic and vast rescue operation led by the military.

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The death toll in the disaster stands at 830 now. More than 120 bodies were found earlier today in Kedarnath, which was the worst-hit area. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has warned that as flood waters recede, the full extent of the tragedy will be revealed, and the death toll could cross 1 ,000.

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11 days after the monsoon struck the hilly state with torrential rain, nearly 6,000 people remain stranded.

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Today's rescue operations focused largely on the nearly 5,000 people who are stranded in and around Badrinath. They are safe because they are in relief camps equipped with food and water, but cannot leave the area as landslides have cut off access to major roads leading to Dehradun and Rishikesh, from where they could be sent home.

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Four choppers made sorties to Badrinath today and evacuated 60 people, officials said.

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Pilgrims who are able to walk are trekking from Badrinath to Joshimath, 44 kms away, and then to a base camp in Gauchar, which is another 14 kms.

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Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi spent the night at a base camp in Gauchar last night and visited a relief camp at Guptakashi today.

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Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde warned that visits by VVIPs impede rescue operations, and that political leaders will not be given landing rights.

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For the first time today, the Air Force was able to land a big helicopter - the Mi-170 - in Kedarnath to drop off firewood and other material needed for a mass cremation for the hundreds of bodies found here.

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ITBP personnel rescuing flood victims with the help of rope and ladder in Uttarkashi.

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Seen here, an ITBP personnel rescuing flood victims with the help of a rope bridge over Alaknanda River in Lambagar.

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Seen here, a batch of pilgrims is brought to safety in Joshimath on June 21.

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55 helicopters are being used in what is the military's largest rescue and relief operation ever.

Pilgrims get down from an Mi-17 chopper in Gauri Kund.

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Medical and food supplies are also being flown in to the stranded people.

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There are warnings of rains to returning to the state either on Sunday or Monday. Experts say the next few hours will be crucial for the rescue operations.

A soldier gives water to a rescued girl in Gauri Kund.

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Pilgrims wait to be evacuated by helicopters in Gauri Kund.

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Pilgrims wait for the arrival of a rescue helicopter in Joshimath.

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