Relief efforts are still on in flood-hit Uttarakhand where 97,000
people have been evacuated till Monday.
Still 6,000 are stranded. More than 25 helicopters and about 1,000
vehicles have been pressed into service
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE /PROPERTY
The Public Works Department (PWD), by Monday, had deployed 5,775
employees and 364 heavy machinery for constructing roads.
A total of 549 roads, including the Joshimath, Uttarkashi and
Guptkashi roads, which were blocked, had been declared open.
On Monday, 2,000 additional police personnel along with 6,500 Army
and paramilitary personnel were undertaking the relief operations.
While people from Kedarnath, Jangalchatti, Ghangria, Gangotri and
Guptkashi have been fully evacuated, more than 5,000 pilgrims are still stranded
in Badrinath and some at Harsil in Uttarkashi district.
KEDARNATH TEMPLE BEFORE AND AFTER
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