Chandigarh, June 19, 2013: The Punjab Government has hired a private Helicopter to airlift the pilgrims stuck at Sri Hemkund Sahib and its surrounding areas.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that on the directions of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal the Punjab Government had also constituted a 4-member team of senior officers that has already left for Dehradun to monitor the entire ongoing rescue operation to ensure the safe return of the Sikh pilgrims who had been trapped at Sri Hemkund Sahib due to inclement weather followed by flash floods causing road blockades at several places. This team would further visit Joshimath and Sri Hemkund Sahib to minutely observe and coordinate the rescue operations.
Punjab Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh alongwith his officers is keeping constant liaison with the Uttrakhand administration to provide all types of help and support for this massive rescue operation at war footing.
Date:
Wednesday, June 19, 2013