DEHRADUN: Relief and rescue operations continued for the fifth day on Saturday in flash floods-hit Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district.
Army, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) are making coordinated and concerted efforts to rescue people from Harshil and Dharali.
"Till 8 A.M. on Saturday, the ITBP jawans have been shifted to Matli, " Uttarkashi Police said in a post on social media platform X.
"People stranded in the disaster-hit are are being airlifted, " the post read.
Chinook and Cheetah helicopters have been airlifting stranded pilgrims to the higher reaches of Dharali and Harsil, while medical teams positioned at multiple locations are attending to the affected people.
The relief and rescue team comprising over 800 members, from the Army, ITBP, NDRF, SDRF, state government and local administration, are contributing to the rescue operation, while multiple medical teams are deployed in Dharali, Harsil and Matli to provide quick first-aid treatment to affected people.
The rescue teams have evacuated 382 people from Harsil, one of the places hit by the raging flash floods.
Two Chinook helicopters, 2 MI-17 and four Air Force helicopters have been put in service to airlift people stuck in cloudburst-hit zones.