3500 people waiting to be evacuated from Harsil, Badrinath

Around 3,500 people are still waiting to be evacuated from Harsil and Badrinath areas in the rain-ravaged state of Uttarakhand, the Army said today.
"500 people have been evacuated from Harsil by air and 800 people from Badrinath till now. 375 of them have moved on foot. Approximately, 450 are still awaiting evacuation from Harsil and approximately 3,000 are waiting for their turn at Badrinath," it said in a release.
The force, which has deployed over 8,000 personnel in the rescue operations in the state, said it continued its search operations in the Jungle chatti area for the third day and "no stranded pilgrims were found there."

Army's veterinary medical aid teams have also been deployed and one of them treated more than 100 animals today on the Hemkund axis.
"The animals got stranded following washing away of a bridge at Govind Ghat. Besides, two Army psychiatrists interacted with stranded pilgrims and provided them professional counselling," it said.
The army has so far evacuated more than 33,000 people since 17 June.
"25,000 of them have been evacuated by foot alone while 8,000 were moved out by helicopter. 13 Army Aviation aircraft conducted 600 sorties to evacuate 2715 people and ferry 24 tons of food, fuel, medicines, blankets and relief material to the people," it said.