Following on the media reports about thousands of bodies lying in-between Gaurikund and Kedarnath especially in Rambara, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has categorically said that 200-member team comprising Army, Uttarakhand police, Health, Animal Husbandry and sanitation staff is being sent along with modern equipment to both Kedarnath and Rambara by air.
They will retrieve the bodies from the debris and cremate them there. For this they would build a temporary helipad at Rambara as well.
Talking to the media, Bahuguna said that more than 200 pilgrims were evacuated from Badrinath on Sunday and around 1100 pilgrims are yet to be evacuated. Now providing adequate food, medical care, disposal of bodies in affected areas and transportation of relief material are uphill tasks but he stressed that Government would do it at any cost. The cremation of bodies at Rambara too is likely to start in a couple of days, he told reporters here after a meeting of top officials to review the current situation in the flood-ravaged State.