BJP Krushak Morcha national vice-president Rama Chandra Panda in a statement demanded to depute a medical team along with required medicines to look after the pilgrims of the State who got stuck in flood- ravaged Uttarakhand due to landslides at Rudraprayag, Gourikunda, Rishikesh, Joshimath –Mana, Rishikesh-Dharasu-Gangotri and Pithoragarh-Ghatiabgarh area.
In view of the gravity of the situation, the State Government should hire private helicopters to rescue the pilgrims of Odisha who got stranded between Badrinath and Kedarnath, he demanded.
Panda further demanded that the State Government should expedite rescue operations exclusively to save the precious human lives without any delay.
According to unconfirmed sources, there are about 100 pilgrims alone from Brahmapur and other parts of Ganjam and Gajapati districts, who got stranded in different cut-off areas of Uttarakhand at present Panda appealed the relatives and family members of the pilgrims of Brahmapur to inform him with particulars so as to take up the matter with the State Government for their safe rescue and return to home.