Three trekkers and six porters were trekking from Uttarakhand to Chitkul, out of which one trekker and three porters have reached Chitkul, and two trekkers and three porters are injured and stuck somewhere nearby Khimloga Pass.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel on Friday retrieved two dead bodies buried in the snow of the missing members of the trekking expedition near Lamkhaga Pass in Himachal Pradesh. The mountaineers of 2nd Battalion ITBP carried the dead bodies of Richard Mandal and Upendra Chauhan for 17 Kilometers in snow conditions till late last night. The dead bodies have been taken to Reckongpeo to hand them over to the District Administration. These dead bodies were found buried under snow
At least 7 trekkers out of 17 who went missing on Monday in Uttarakhand due to heavy snowfall and incliment weather were reported dead on Friday. The Indian Air Force is conducting a massive rescue operation. On Thursday, two members of the team had been rescued alive. They were injured and were being treated in Harsil and Uttarkashi, an official said. They had gone missing on a trek to Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh via Harsil in Uttarkashi. Search and rescue teams from Uttarkashi spotted five