Tuesday 29 October 2013

15 more bodies found in Kedarnath

Photo: 15 more bodies found in Kedarnath

News (29.10.2013) #DEHRADUN: In the past two weeks, 15 bodies have been excavated from damaged houses in Kedarnath, Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Barinderjit Singh said here. These bodies were recovered not as part of a combing operation but minor cleaning up of the debris filled in the buildings near the Kedarnath temple.

Since June 24 this year, 545 bodies have been disposed of and cremated in the #Kedarnath Valley both, as part of the combing operations and the minor debris clean-up drives. Almost 50 percent of these bodies were excavated from Kedarnath itself.

On Monday, four bodies were recovered from the buildings in Kedarnath. Mr Singh said, “People whose hotels and other buildings have been destroyed [in Kedarnath] have been given the permission to inspect the damage.”

Mr Singh said, “Labourers brought by the owners of the respective buildings are excavating the debris inside the buildings. Almost every day decayed body parts are being recovered during the excavation.”

Manual labour is being used right now. The required heavy machinery that will be brought into use for excavations has been kept in Gauchar, in Chamoli district. Authorities are yet to decide as to when the machinery will be brought to Kedarnath.

The relief and rehabilitation operations this year have already slowed down as snowfall has begun in Kedarnath. People have been permitted to clean up the debris in their respective buildings till November 5 after which the area will be closed for the year.

15 more bodies found in Kedarnath

News (29.10.2013) #DEHRADUN: In the past two weeks, 15 bodies have been excavated from damaged houses in Kedarnath, Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Barinderjit Singh said here. These bodies were recovered not as part of a combing operation but minor cleaning up of the debris filled in the buildings near the Kedarnath temple.

Since June 24 this year, 545 bodies have been disposed of and cremated in the #Kedarnath Valley both, as part of the combing operations and the minor debris clean-up drives. Almost 50 percent of these bodies were excavated from Kedarnath itself.

On Monday, four bodies were recovered from the buildings in Kedarnath. Mr Singh said, “People whose hotels and other buildings have been destroyed [in Kedarnath] have been given the permission to inspect the damage.”

Mr Singh said, “Labourers brought by the owners of the respective buildings are excavating the debris inside the buildings. Almost every day decayed body parts are being recovered during the excavation.”

Manual labour is being used right now. The required heavy machinery that will be brought into use for excavations has been kept in Gauchar, in Chamoli district. Authorities are yet to decide as to when the machinery will be brought to Kedarnath.

The relief and rehabilitation operations this year have already slowed down as snowfall has begun in Kedarnath. People have been permitted to clean up the debris in their respective buildings till November 5 after which the area will be closed for the year.

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