A total of 32 pilgrims from the State were lifted by the helicopter deployed by Chhattisgarh Government from Badrinath to Joshimath in flood ravaged Uttarakhand on Saturday, an official statement issued here on Sunday said.
The names of the pilgrims who were lifted by the helicopter are:VK Soni (Raipur), Baldau Goraha (Bilaspur), Kaveri (Bilaspur), Shivkumar (Bilaspur), JagdishPrasad (Bilaspur), Rohni Devi (Bilaspur), Shikha Pandey (Bilaspur), Anupama Jha (Kavardha),Mithilesh (Kavardha), ArvindJha (Kavardha), lata Jha ( Kavardha), Meena Sharma (Mahasamund), Hemlata Sharma (Mahasamund), Bimla Jaiswal (Baloda Bazar),lalji Jaiswal (Baloda Bazar),Shanti Devi (Baloda Bazar), Ankit (Baloda Bazar), Girija Devi
(Baloda Bazar), Akancha (Baloda Bazar), Pari (Baloda Bazar), Pavni Jha (Kavardha), Sumant Sharma (Ambikapur), Ayush Jha (Ambikapur), Sukmanu Verma (Baloda Bazar), Jamuni Verma (Baloda Bazar), Neelkant (Baloda Bazar), Janak (Baloda Bazar), Mahendra Pratap (Baloda Bazar) besides Urmila Gupta and four others were brought to Hardwar from Joshimath.
A total of 97 pilgrims from Chhattisgarh have been lifted so far by the helicopter deployed by the Chhattisgarh Government from flood-ravaged regions of Uttarkhand. On June 23, a total of 47 pilgrims reached Chhattisgarh Bhavan in New Delhi from Uttrakhand, a late night statement issued by the Chhattisgarh Government stated on Sunday.