All 179 tourists and pilgrims from Maharashtra, who are among nearly 25,000 people stranded at various places following a massive landslide en route to the holy shrine of Badrinath on Friday, are safe.
"All 179 tourists from Maharashtra are safe and Govt is in touch with them. Preparations for their return journey are done," Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted.
Making a statement in the State Assembly, Fadnavis said: "Of the total stranded 179 tourists from Maharashtra, 102 are from Aurangabad,38 from Pune, 33 from Sangli and 6 from Jalgaon. All are safe".
The pilgrims and tourists from are stranded at different points in Uttarakhand after a huge landslide blocked the highway to Badrinath shrine there on Friday.