The survivors were given first aid at Harsil and sent to the District Hospital, Uttarkashi.
At least 11 out of 17 trekkers, including tourists, porters and guides, lost their way and went missing due to heavy snowfall and inclement weather in Uttarakhand on Monday. The Indian Air Force is carrying out a massive rescue operation.
The survivors were given first aid at Harsil and sent to the District Hospital, Uttarkashi. Sources said a rescue operation would be conducted for the rest of the trekkers on Saturday.
On Thursday, two members of the team were rescued alive. They were injured and are being treated in Harsil and Uttarkashi, an official said. He went missing while on a journey to Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh while being Harshil in Uttarkashi.
Uttarkashi district disaster management officer Devendra Patwal said five bodies were found by the search and rescue team from Uttarkashi on Thursday, while two members of the team were found dead by a rescue team in Himachal Pradesh. Colonel Rajendra Prasad of Nine Bihar Regiment told that with the help of helicopter, two missing members of the team are being searched on a war footing.
A team of eight trekkers – one from Delhi and the rest from West Bengal – and three cooks went missing on a trek to Chitkul recently.
He had started the trek from Harsil in Uttarkashi district on October 11 and was to reach Chitkul via Lamkhaga Pass.
The members of the trekking team include Anita Rawat (38) from Delhi, Mithun Dari (31) of West Bengal, Tanmay Tiwari (30), Vikas Makal (33), Saurav Ghosh (34), Savian Das (28), Richard Mondal (30). ) and Suken Manjhi (43), all from Kolkata. The cooking staff have been identified as Devendra (37), Gyan Chandra (33) and Upendra (32) of Purola in Uttarkashi.
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