Kedarnath Yatra 2025: 800 stranded devotees evacuated by NDRF-SDRF

There is debris on the road between Sonprayag and Gaurikund, but it remains open daily. Similarly, the road at Sirobgad remains closed on most days. We are reopening it and ensuring permanent repairs.

Dehradun: SDRF, NDRF and police evacuated 800 passengers on Thursday. About 60-70 passengers are staying on the spot. On the preparations amid the warning of heavy rains, State Disaster Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman said that there has been no significant damage anywhere. Our Char Dham route is mostly open except for a few areas.

There is debris on the road between Sonprayag and Gaurikund, but it remains open daily. Similarly, the road at Sirobgad remains closed on most days. We are reopening it and ensuring permanent repairs.

The road leading to Gangotri on the Gangotri Highway is closed, and one in Pithoragarh is also closed. Action is underway to reopen about 35 PWD and rural roads. The main roads are mostly open and traffic is running smoothly. It is raining continuously and we send updates and safety precautions to the districts on receiving IMD alerts.

This morning, two hundred pilgrims have returned after darshan, who are on the foot track. On Wednesday, NDRF and SDRF safely transported 2179 pilgrims from Gaurikund to Sonprayag through the forest by building a temporary footpath. The pilgrims had returned after visiting Baba Kedar and were stuck due to the closure of the National Highway near Munkatiya due to heavy landslides.

On Wednesday, different teams of NDRF and SDRF were busy in transporting the pilgrims from Gaurikund to Sonprayag with the help of temporary footpaths. During this, the team built a raw path from the highway towards the forest about one km before Gaurikund and from here sent the pilgrims towards the forest and took them to Sonprayag with the help of other soldiers.

SDRF SI Ashish Dimri said that till 7 pm, 2179 passengers have been brought safely to Sonprayag, which includes 1679 men, 414 women and 47 children. Let us tell you that all these passengers reached the Dham on foot on Tuesday.

62 roads including one national and two state highways are closed due to debris after rain in the state. According to the State Emergency Operation Center, Rudraprayag-Kedarnath National Highway is closed due to landslide between Gaurikund and Sonprayag. While among the state highways, one state highway each is closed in Uttarkashi and Nainital.