Kedarnath Gaurikund Accident: 3 Dead, Several Injured After Landslide Hits Pilgrimage Route

A landslide near Gaurikund in Kedarnath killed three pilgrims and injured others. Rescue operations are underway.

The injured are being rushed to the nearest hospital (Image: X)

Source : PTI

Kedarnath News: At least three pilgrims were killed and several others were injured after a landslide struck a trekking route to Kedarnath shrine near Gaurikund early this morning. According to the State Disaster Response Force, the massive landslide struck the pilgrims near Cheedwasa, claiming three lives on the spot.

The rescue teams are at the spot and an operation to help the survivors is underway. The injured are being rushed to the nearest hospital.

VIDEO | Uttarakhand: Three persons lost their lives and two got injured after stones, and debris fell from a hill near Chirbasa on Kedarnath Yatra trekking route. pic.twitter.com/XZ6wSRKlw7

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 21, 2024

"An accident occurred due to a landslide in Chidwasa on the Kedarnath Yatra route, this morning. The SDRF team reached the spot and took immediate action evacuated eight injured and took them to hospital. Three persons lost their lives on the spot, whose bodies were handed over to the district police by the SDRF team," SDRF said in a statement. 

Uttarakhand: Three pilgrims died and several were injured when debris and stones fell from a hillside on the Kedarnath path near Chirwasa, 3 km from Gaurikund. Rescue teams reached the site, treated the injured, and are conducting a search operation pic.twitter.com/sa7rldRzH6

— IANS (@ians_india) July 21, 2024

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed grief over the incident and said he has ordered officials to provide better treatment to those injured in the accident.

"The news of some pilgrims getting injured due to debris and heavy stones falling from the hill near the Kedarnath Yatra route is very sad. Relief and rescue work is going on at the site of the accident, I am constantly in touch with the officials in this regard. I have given instructions to provide better treatment to the people injured in the accident immediately." he said in a post on X in Hindi.