80 pilgrims rescued from U'khand, 54 on way back home: Odisha

Odisha government today said 80 pilgrims from the state stranded in flood-hit Uttarakhand have been rescued and there was no information of any casualty.
"80 pilgrims trapped in various parts of Uttarakhand have been rescued and 54 of them are on their way back home," Home Secretary U N Behera told reporters here.
The government does not have information on any casualty of pilgrims from the state stranded in Uttarakhand, he said amidst reports that many more devotees from Odisha are still stuck at various areas in the hill state.
Behera said the state government have made arrangements for the pilgrims to reach Dehradun.

The state government has opened a control room at Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi to assist family members of the affected.
According to reports, around 40 pilgrims from Paralakhemundi area in Gajapati district, 20 from Ganjam, 10 from Bhubaneswar, 16 from Jatani and 10 of a family from Cuttack were stranded in Uttarakhand.
Nearly 25 pilgrims from Jatni in Khurda district and 8 from Rengali in Sambalpur were also stranded in the flood hit state.