Chhattisgarh’s 176 people affected in the Uttarakhand natural disaster have left New Delhi for Chhattisgarh.
According to an official press statement issued here on Monday, on the instructions of chief minister Dr Raman Singh, the officers of Chhattisgarh Sadan in New Delhi have made all necessary arrangements for the safe return of these pilgrims.
The state government has provided train ticket to all the pilgrims who have reached the Chhattisgarh Sadan situated in New Delhi. According to the officers of Chhattisgarh Sadan, from June 19 to 24 a total of 176 pilgrims had left for Chhattisgarh. Besides, the Chhattisgarh Sadan will provide the fare of those pilgrims who reach New Delhi by taxi or any other means.
Thirty eight pilgrims from the state have been airlifted from Badrinath and taken them to secured place at Joshimatt by the helicopter provided by the Chhattisgarh government on June 23. The names of the 38 pilgrims rescued from Badrinath are: Prem Bahadur Singh, Usha Singh, Kamleshwari Verma, Manoj Verma, Bhupesh Verma, Tushar Verma, Hamid, Ashok Jaiswal, Krishna Awasthi, Sushma Awasthi, Prakhar Awasthi, Naresh Awasthi, Horilal, Gaindalal Jaiswal, Indu Jaiswal and Anita Sirmour (all from Balodabazar); SD Shah, laxmi Tiwari, Meena Tiwari and Ramesh Tiwari (all from Bilaspur); AK Bhatt and Pl Bhatt (from Raipur); Bihari Agrawal, Arti Devi, Anil Goyal and Sushila (all from Ambikapur); Tapan Mukherjee, Devi Mukherjee, Vidya Gyani and Umesh Gyani (all from Bhilai); Neena Sharma, Premlata Sharma, Sunil Sharma and Mrs Sunil Sharma (all from Mahasamund); Hemlata Tiwari (from Durg) and Jha (from Kawardha).
Besides, 24 people from the state have been air lifted by the Army helicopters to secured places on June 23.
The pilgrims of Chhattisgarh, who have not yet been in the contact of Chhattisgarh helpline may contact on telephone number 011-46156000 or 011-46156032.