Accepting that still over 700 pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh are in the missing list of Uttarakhand tragedy Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that his Government would do its best to trace them.
“We are in touch with Uttarakhand government and are making all out effort to trace the missing people. This is our priority,” Yadav said while addressing reporters here on Wednesday. He said the calamity that struck Uttarkhand was unparallel. “The Uttar Pradesh Government is ready to provide all relief. We have already set up helpline and control rooms and sent doctors to the hill state to help them,” Yadav said. The CM, however, refused comments on Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi’s recent visits to Uttarakhand that has sparked a political debate.’’ This is not the right time to do politics over such serious issue,’’ he said.
On this occasion Yadav also announced that religious guru Kripalu Maharaj of Mangarh Dham in Pratapgarh has donated Rs one crore in the CM’s Relief fund while SP MlA Shadab Fatima donated Rs one lakh.
Expressing his grief over the death of IAF personnel and others in the chopper crash in Uttarakhand Chief Minister announced Rs 20 lakh as
compensation for two martyrs hailing from the state.
“The state will take care of education to the children of the two martyrs,” Yadav declared.
The deceased Sergent Sudhakar Yadav belongs to Sant Kabir Nagar and Junior Warrant Officer (JWO) Akhilesh Kumar Singh to Amethi.
‘’We condole the death of the army and para-military personnel who lost their lives while saving the pilgrims stranded in Uttarakhand,’’ the CM said.
Both Sudhakar and Akhilesh were presently deployed at 157 Helicopter Base in Barrackpore in West Bengal and were responsible for rescue of
pilgrims from Uttarakhand.