Rudraprayag Rescue

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  Air Force Choppers Join Rescue Ops In Uttarakhand, 5000 Evacuated

  The Indian Air Force's Chinook and Mi-17 helicopters today joined the rescue operations in Uttarakhand to evacuate pilgrims still stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath.

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  Uttarakhand Cloudburst: Over 700 Stranded On Kedarnath Route Evacuated

  Heavy rains have severely damaged the route in the Rudraprayag district on Wednesday night. The rescue and relief work to evacuate the people stranded is und

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  243 Pilgrims Rescued From Trek Route To Uttarakhand's Madmaheshwar Temple

  Rescuers have safely evacuated 243 pilgrims who were stranded since Monday on the trek route to Madmaheshwar temple in rain-hit Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district following a bridge collapse.

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  Watch: 50 Airlifted After Rain Washes Away Bridge Near Uttarakhand Temple

  Uttarakhand rain: Fifty people, who were stranded in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district, have been airlifted by helicopter today amid incessant rains in the state, officials said.

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  52 People Rescued After Bridge Collapses In Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag

  As many as 52 people, stranded after a bridge collapsed in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag, were rescued, officials said on Tuesday.

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  Watch: Biker Falls In 200-Metre Gorge In Uttarakhand, Rescued At Midnight

  A State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team rescued a biker from a 200-meter-deep gorge near Narkota in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district, officials said on Tuesday.

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  Air Force Choppers Rescue 7 Stranded In Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag

  Seven people, including three trekkers, who were stranded along the Pandav Shera trek in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district for the last few days were safely rescued on Monday with the help of IAF helicopters, officials said.

• Uttarakhand: With incessant rains, government to ask for all-weather choppers

  With incessant rains over the last two days hampering relief operations in Uttarakhand, the state government today geared up to requisition choppers which can be flown even in bad weather to take food supplies to affected areas in Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts.

• Uttarakhand: Fresh rain disrupts relief work

  Relief operations were today badly hit by a fresh spell of rain at most places in Uttarakhand, including Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkhashi districts, with choppers carrying relief material not flying due to low visibility conditions.

• Ground Zero report from Uttarakhand: Finding the missing

  As rescue efforts start to wrap up in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, the next step for the administration is to comprehensively account for the dead and missing. Rough estimates put the figure between 1800-3000. It could go even higher.

• Uttarakhand rescue ops: Your tribute for our brave soldiers

  An Indian Air Force helicopter in Uttarakhand crashed this evening near Gaurikund. All eight people on board have died. Five were air force personnel, the others were civilians.

• Blog: Uttarakhand story shifting from rescue to what happens next

  The day began on a bad note. The news was that a thousand pilgrims had been detected in a period of less than 24 hours in one of the most inaccessible parts of the Kedar Valley - between Kedarnath itself and Gaurikund.

• List of people rescued from Rudraprayag and Kedar Valley today

  In the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, more than 550 people have died and 50,000 are stranded. The Army and the Air Force have rescued thousands from areas which were inaccessible because of inclement weather.

• See hardest-hit areas in Uttarakhand

  Over 60,000 are still stranded in several parts of Uttarakhand, with rescue operations proving to be an uphill task. Some of the areas, especially, have been witnessed massive destruction with Alaknanda Valley being the worst-hit. Here are the areas that have been affected the hardest-hit: