Sir, I am speaking from a place from where I could see Gauri Kund area. For the last four days, I have not eaten any thing.
I am accompanied by my four-year-old daughter who suffered a major fracture in one of her arms and my leg is also fractured. I took shelter in this place during the night of calamity. Please help us,” Tinku requested to SP Nilesh Anand Bharne, in-charge of disaster relief control room at Police headquarters.
Bharne assured him of help and called up a rescue team member, asking him to air shift the person and his daughter. Other police personnel deployed at the control room are getting similar calls from the stranded people and their kin who are extremely concerned for their near and dear.
Sub inspector Meghraj Singh received such a call from a person who wanted to know the condition of the stranded kin who were undertaking the Char Dham Yatra. Singh apprised the person of the ongoing rescue operation and suggested the person to the check the list of rescued persons on the police website.
As he puts the phone, another call follows. "Namaskar, DGP control room," no sooner did he complete the sentence, the caller expressed his concern and asked about the rescue operation. Singh repeated the same information and suggest him to check the list available at Uttarakhand Police website.
The police personnel also consoled the worried kin of the stranded people and ask them to have patience. The kin want to know exact number of people stranded and if anyone of them could tell them about their condition. The police personnel note down their mobile number and ask them to check the rescued persons list.
The police personnel, while extending help to the kin and attending the calls, also compile the data of rescued person. DIG PAC Sanjay Gunjyal reached the control room. He took a chair beside at a cop working on a computer and asked him to do prepare the list fast so that the figure could be updated on the site.
He left the control room with the instructions to compile the data of rescued persons on priority basis. As he left, the in charge took control. "Keep anwering the calls from various places and prepare the list on priority basis so that the list of rescued persons could be updated. Work fast as it is need of the hour," Bharne said.