Although the Army authorities have been engaged in the rescue operations in the tough terrains of disaster-hit areas of the State, the authorities have completely denied bringing back corpse from Uttarakhand.
Army sources claimed that the priority of the Army personnel who are deployed along the Char Dham Yatra route is to rescue the stranded pilgrims at the disaster-hit areas of the State to the safer place.
lucknow-based Central Command has launched operation “Surya Hope” for saving the lives of thousands of stranded pilgrims in the disaster-hit areas of the State. The Army has converted its base camps and units to shelter homes for those stranded pilgrims, who were rescued from the higher parts of the State. The Army authorities have launched its third phase of operation “Surya Hope” for reconstructing bridges and roads along Char Dham Yatra route, two days back after achieving commendable results in two phases of the operation as the lives of several pilgrims was saved by Army personnel.
Earlier, GOC Uttar Bharat Area, lt Gen NS Bawa claimed that army authorities have rescued 20,250 pilgrims and victims so far in the disaster hit areas of Uttarakhand and the number of pilgrims will increase with each passing day.
The army authorities have also deployed para-troopers for rescuing the stranded pilgrims especially in tough terrains of the State. They claimed that stranded pilgrims were rescued by using heli-bridge for shifting pilgrims to another side.