Eleven persons including eight trekkers, seven of them from West Bengal and a single woman from Delhi had gone missing after the weather turned hostile and Lamkhaga peak witnessed a snow-storm last week
Uttarakhand: 11 trekkers, including 7 from West Bengal dead, rescue operation underway - Of the eleven trekkers found dead, one is from Delhi and the rest are from West Bengal besides three cooks from Uttarkashi who were part of the team.
On 22 October, a massive avalanche hit the Himalayan village of Harsil in India s Uttarakhand state after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods and landslides. 23.10.2021, Sputnik International
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two more members of an 11-strong trekking team which had gone missing have been found dead taking the death toll to seven, while a search was underway for the remaining two, officials said here on Friday. India News | Uttarakhand: 2 More Missing Trekkers Found Dead, Death Toll Reaches 7; Search on for Remaining 2.
Five trekkers whose bodies were airlifted and identified are Shubhayan Das, Vikas Makal, Saurabh Ghosh, Tanumoy Tiwari and Anita Rawat, the only woman member in the group. While the first four are from West Bengal, Rawat was from Delhi .