Leaving for Home!
Rishikesh (Uttrakhand)/Chandigarh, June 25, 2013: The halted rescue and relief operations has resumed late evening on the upper hills of Rishikesh, where thousands of pilgrims were stranded due to a massive flash floods.
Stating this here A. Venu Prasad, Secretary Housing, Punjab, who was stationed here to oversee and monitor the whole ongoing operations, said that with the resumption of rescue and relief operations, the teams of Punjab Government started transferring of Pilgrims in private hired vehicles from Nadrasu Gurdwara. He said that by 7 pm more than 200 Pilgrims has been received at the base relief camp setup in Gurdwara Sri Hemkunt Management Trust, Rishikesh. He said that out of them more than 100 has been left for their respective homes in Punjab at Ludhiana, Moga, Chandigarh, Mahilpur, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Tanda etc.
Giving more details regarding arrival of Pilgrims at Rishikesh, Venu Prasad said that with the recommencement of rescue operations, it was expected that hundreds of pilgrims could be reached Rishikesh by late night. He said that by Wednesday afternoon all the Pilgrims stranded at Nadrasu Gurdwara will be brought to Rishikesh in public transport, from where they would be further dispatched to their respective destinations in Punjab. 