Chief Minister Chouhan will visit Haridwar on June 30 to take stock of situation there. Chouhan directed that special attention should be paid to trace missing pilgrims. They will be searched in dharmshalas and hospitals in Uttarakhand.
This was informed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a meeting held here on Friday to review the situation in Uttarakhand.
It was informed that two officers from the State were at Badrinath and 4 officers at Joshi Muth who were monitoring the transportation of State's pilgrims from the two places to Haridwar camp by buses. When pilgrims assemble in adequate numbers at Haridwar, they are sent to the State by Boeing aircraft. About 1,500 pilgrims are still stranded at Badrinath. Some of them may be from Madhya Pradesh.
At the meeting, the Chief Minister also reviewed the State's rainfall situation and directed the administration to remain alert. It was informed that water is receding in Sagar and Panna. Following excessive rains, 200 people were moved to safer places in Sagar.
Home Guard jawans have done commendable work there. Chief Secretary R Parasuram, DG, Home Guards RK Shukla, Addl DG Vivek Jauhari, Principal Secretary to CM Manoj Shrivastava and Secretary SK Mishra attended the meeting.