Hyderabad:
The Andhra Pradesh government said that eight pilgrims from the state were killed in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand since June 16.
So far, 1500 pilgrims have either returned home or reached the Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi, a press release from the Chief Minister's Office said. Another 140 persons were staying at the state guest house.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was on a tour of Visakhapatnam, spoke to his Uttarakhand counterpart Vijay Bahuguna over phone and discussed the rescue and relief operations. He thanked the Uttarakhand government for extending all possible help to the pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh.
Mr Reddy also got a status report from state Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu, who has been monitoring the rescue and relief operations in Uttarakhand.
Quoting Mr Reddy, the release said funds would not be a constraint for rescue and relief operations and the only objective was to ensure that all stranded pilgrims were brought back home safely.
Medical camps were opened at Andhra Bhavan to provide medical assistance to pilgrims reaching there from Uttarakhand.
On the other hand, two teams of Andhra Pradesh officials from New Delhi reached Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh to receive the stranded pilgrims and provide required assistance in the form of food, medicines and transportation.
Officials were distributing Rs 2000 each to the pilgrims for their return home, the release added.
So far, 1500 pilgrims have either returned home or reached the Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi, a press release from the Chief Minister's Office said. Another 140 persons were staying at the state guest house.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was on a tour of Visakhapatnam, spoke to his Uttarakhand counterpart Vijay Bahuguna over phone and discussed the rescue and relief operations. He thanked the Uttarakhand government for extending all possible help to the pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh.
Mr Reddy also got a status report from state Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu, who has been monitoring the rescue and relief operations in Uttarakhand.
Quoting Mr Reddy, the release said funds would not be a constraint for rescue and relief operations and the only objective was to ensure that all stranded pilgrims were brought back home safely.
Medical camps were opened at Andhra Bhavan to provide medical assistance to pilgrims reaching there from Uttarakhand.
On the other hand, two teams of Andhra Pradesh officials from New Delhi reached Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh to receive the stranded pilgrims and provide required assistance in the form of food, medicines and transportation.
Officials were distributing Rs 2000 each to the pilgrims for their return home, the release added.
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