Woman dies of heart attack on way back from Yamunotri

A woman from Gujarat died of a heart attack today while returning from the Himalayan shrine of Yamunotri in the district.

The woman, who hailed from Ahmedabad, was on her way back from the famed temple when she died of a heart attack at Janakichatti, Barkot police station incharge Santosh Kunwar said.

21 pilgrims either bound for Yamunotri or returning from there have died of a heart attack so far during the yatra season this year since it commenced in the last week of April, he said.