Several parts of Delhi-NCR received light rainfall on Friday morning. The national capital also witnessed cloudy skies and chilly winds. Meanwhile, UP and Uttarakhand have been put on heavy rain alerts for the next three days.
A total of 26 bodies have been recovered so far from the site of an avalanche that struck the Draupadi's Danda-2 peak in Uttarkashi. A search operation is on for three more missing persons from the team of trainee mountaineers from the Nehru .
A heavy rain alert was issued by the meteorological department for several hill districts in Uttarakhand including Uttarkashi where schools were closed on Friday and disaster management teams were put on alert. NIM instructor Nayab Subedar Anil Kumar, who survived the tragedy, told PTI on Thursday that 33 climbers took shelter in a crevasse during the avalanche. Uttarkashi Avalanche: 10 More Bodies Recovered, Toll Rises to 26.
The avalanche occurred at a height of 17,000 feet on Tuesday when a team of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) was returning after summiting Draupadi Ka Danda II peak.
New Delhi, Oct & (EFE).- At least 19 people including alpinists and instructors were killed and 10 remain missing after an avalanche earlier this week buried the participants of a mountaineering training course at a peak in northern India, as per the latest casualty figures released on Friday. “Ten people remain missing and so far …