Uttarakhand June 19, 2013: Here are 50 selected Photos depicts brave rescue and relief operations by Indian Army soldiers at Flood affected areas in cluding Kedarnath Shrine of Uttharakhand. Rashtreeya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Swayamsevaks also helped greatly in rescue operation. Army and RSS Swayamsevaks reached for the rescue of More than 70,000 affected due to unprecedented flood in Devbhoomi.
- More than 5000 Army men fanned out across the districts of Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh districts in Uttarakhand and Saharanpur, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar and Pilibhit districts of Uttar Pradesh in order to rescue and provide relief to stranded civil population affected by unprecedented floods.
- Army assistance Centres at Harsil, Rudraprayag, Joshimath, Mana, Gagriya, Govindghat and Dharchula have been providing shelter, food, first aid and fresh water to hundreds of pilgrims stranded at various locations due to torrential rain and swollen rivers. Eight quick reaction medical teams established medical aid posts at a number of locations and four ambulance vehicles have been deployed to evacuate injured people.
- In Uttarakhand, Army is undertaking rescue and relief operations in four sectors Harsil, Kedarnath, Joshimath and Dharchula. Army column evacuated 600 people across a rivulet by laying a temporary bridge of wooden logs. All the people have now been brought to safety. Two officers and 24 soldiers have been inducted by helicopter this morning into Sirsi near Gauri Kund, 17 km short of Kedarnath. Evacuation of pilgrims by foot is presently under way.
- In Joshimath sector, NH-58 has been washed away at Govindghat. More than 2000 have been evacuated on foot and are now housed in Joshimath. 1100 are in Army shelters. Efforts are underway to lay cable bridge across Alaknanda to evacuate stranded Hemkund Sahib pilgrims. More than 450 were evacuated yesterday. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from low lying areas of Dharchula and adjoining areas flooded by swollen Kali River.
- Army colums are presently in the process of evacuating marooned villagers at Rawli 8 km west of Bijnor. One Army relief column is now evacuating stranded people from Shamili and Daulatpur areas of Saharanpur district.
- Two Army columns and border roads personnel have now cleared the road upto 30 kms South of Dharasu on Rishikesh – Uttarkashi road. 200 people of Tharali village 5 kms North of Harsil have been evacuated and brought to safety this morning.
- Army has launched a coordinated effort to first ensure safety of people and assist local administration in creating capability to sustain efforts in helping the people. Humanitarian assistance in terms of food, shelter, warm clothing and medical aid has been provided across the regions. Surya Medical Emergency Helpline was of immense help to stranded pilgrims as more than 500 calls have been received so far in the last 24 hours. Indian Army will continue to serve the people wherever they are.
- Two Army columns have rescued 103 civilians including 37 children from villages Lapra, Udhri, Kalanaur, Jathlana and Gumthala near Yamunanagar.
- As of now the rescue operations are in progress in village Lal Chhappar, Yamunanagar where reportedly 50 people are stranded. First lot of BAUTS (Boat Assault Universal Type) have already been launched to evacuate the marooned people. Five Columns are on standby at AMBALA for relief operations and to meet any emergencies.
- As large parts of the nation reel under incessant rains & floods, leading to breakdown of communications, the Army has assumed the lead role in disaster management efforts. Over 5000 personnel of the Army are presently deployed in various areas of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, rendering invaluable aid to distraught people reeling under the fury of nature.GOVINDGHAT, UTTARAKHAND
An Army column on Hemkund Sahib route has evacuated more than 4000 pilgrims across the broken bridge at Govindghat and constructed a foot track for their safe passage. Approximately 1800 pilgrims have further been moved from Govindghat to Joshimath. In addition medical facilities, refreshments and lodging facilities have been extended to over 1300 persons at Joshimath. Over 200 sets of blankets, sleeping bags, combat jackets and balaclavas have been provided to the evacuated pilgrims.JOSHIMATH, UTTARAKHAND
Another Army column has been employed for clearing a major landslide near Patal Ganga, in order to restore connectivity.RUDRAPRAYAG, UTTARAKHAND
Due to road from Rudraprayag to Badasu getting blocked at Silchatti and Kund Chatti and the bridge at Rudraprayag being flooded, Badasu has been virtually cut off. One Army column has been inducted to Badasu, by helicopter at 0730 hours, on 18 Jun 13 and is presently undertaking relief and rescue work.ROAD NARENDRANAGAR – DHARASU
The road is blocked at 10 locations due to landslides and washing away of bridges and culverts. An Army column has been deployed along the road for rescue and relief work.HARSIL, UTTARAKHAND. An Army column at Harsil constructed a log bridge near Harsil and evacuated 600 pilgrims. In addition, the column opened a medical relief camp at Harsil for stranded civilians and is providing food, water and shelter. Further, a foot track has been constructed and help provided for evacuation of 100 pilgrims stranded on Harsil-Gangotri axis.
ROORKEE, UTTARAKHAND
An Army column has been deployed at village Raigarhi on Moradabad-Haridwar road to evacuate stranded civilians.MANA, UTTARAKHAND
An Army column is currently assisting civilians stranded between Badrinath and Mana, and providing them with medical aid, food and refreshments.YAMUNA NAGAR, HARYANA
Two Army columns have been working around the clock and have so far rescued 103 persons including 37 children from villages Lapra, Udhri, Kalanaur, Jathlana and Gumthala near Yamunanagar.SAHARANPUR, UP
One Army column undertook relief work and evacuation of civilians from affected areas around Saharanpur city. The column is now moving to Shamli for evacuating a marooned family.BIJNOR, UP
One Army column has been deployed at Village Rawali, near Bijnor, to evacuate 150 stranded civilians. Efforts to reach the stranded persons are in progress.The Army is making all efforts to provide relief and succour to maximum people affected by the disaster. In addition, a number of columns have been kept stand-by at various locations by the Army authorities.
RSS Appeal: RSS initiated ‘Uttaranchal Daivee Aapada Peedith Sahayata Samiti’ calls for nationwide help.
outstanding job Guys … God Bless Ya All … More Power to You !!
Decent work, my parents are also there in the way to gangotri,wish for them good health. Salute to indian army.
Also Good Working Indian Army & more power to you……
good work rss and indian army i am salute with my family and god bless you all efected persons , bhagwan sabki raksha kare jo bhi ess aapda me ghire hue hai. ek baar phir se rss aur bhartiya sena ko mere pariwar ki taraf se jaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii hinddddddddddddddddd
बहुत ही अदभुत और साहसी कार्य के लिए भारतीय सेना को शतशत नमन
सेना ही तो है जो हर दुःख सुख में हमारे साथ रहते है
May Mother bless u all for safe journey & gd health..
Thanks a lot to My Proud “Indian Army”
Bande Mataram!!!
HATS OFF To OUR GREAT MILITARY FORCES & BRAVE JAWANS & ALL OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL THERE TO HELP CIVILIANS-JAI JAWAN.
salute to the Indian Army and rss. Great job!
You guys are living example of great inspiration to value life than anything else.
I salute to our defence forces for their efforts!!!The people in forces deserve our genuine respect.God bless all.
Yes there will a great appreciation job done by army but there are many loopols and mistakes which needs to known to everybody
i know because i was there
rescue service was started after 2 days and the army answer was due to weather
And due to rain thats totally bullshit and on the same time the army was rescuing our indian cricketer Harbhajan singh from badrinath
Totally partial govt no bad weather for famous people but there was bad weather conditions for innocent pilgrims.i saw from my eyes everyone was crying and requesting to help strangled pilgrims but totally in sane
i and my frnds and other pilgrims left gobindghat around 3 am in the morning at that time disaster was just started and some of ours frnds got strucked on the way b/w Gobindghat to Hemkund Sahib
so we decided to come up later in the morning
even in the morning rescue was not started
they started to rescue after 48hrs
but still a great job done by army whether after 2 days
later or sooner we will heels up ours management n govt. mistakes
None of my relatives or friends are stuck in floods .rains. But I am sticking to the television since sunday.Horrible state ,thousands killed ,& many more will be dead till the time rescue operations reaches there. Govt. should declare emergency & all possible forces ,para military personnels .helicopters ,doctors be deployed there at Kedarnath ,badrinath ,Rudraprayag ,Govind ghat ,& all possible places where locals & tourists are lying without water & food medicine etc.Food Packets ,water canes ,biscuits ,be dropped frequently. There is no light ,no power.May God give save all who are trapped.
I thought to become a soldier but unfortunately it was not happened but in some other way i am doing the same to my country i.e, through RSS. Any i bow to them who have taken in part in such rescue operations : Bharathmatha ki jai
I salute you guys, you all are my real hero.. please take care of yourself and remember we all Indians love you..
We salute indian army
Its more difficult for army to fight with enemies than nature calamity because here they have to save lives. We salute them
Me indian army ko salut karta hu jinhone itne logo ko bachya agr vo nahi hote to kya khota neta log to sirf bhasan dete hai
aapke eman par koi sak nahi hai lakin jyada se jyada army k jawan jakar es aapda me jo apne fase h unki raksha kare me bhagwan se army or es aapda me jo fase huye h unki salamati ki prathana karta hu JAY HIND
uttarakhand me jo vinaskari leela kudarat ke dwara hui hum sabhi bharatvashiyo ke liye vehad nirashajanak he he bhagwan fir kabhi bhi eshi vipada kisi bhi desh me na aye ………..but tariff ki baat to hamari sena ki baat he jo itane bade hadase ke liye ji jaan se jut gayi …………..JAY HIND.
I salut indian army because many people are saved by indian army in uttarakhand.
I salute Indian army for their brave action for rescue operation in North India.
Wonderful rescue operations. We feel proud that our Indian Army has strength and emotions . Keep it up . God bless you all .
NO DOUBT ON ARMY’S WORK. YOU ARE DOING YOUR WORK IN AN EXCELLENT MANNER. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
BUT DELAYING 2 DAYS TO START RESCUE IS EITHER IGNORANT GOVT OFFICIALS AND ADMIN OR IGNORANT POLITICIANS.
Please do not forget this incident in the next 10-15 days once the news channels switches themselves to other hot news. Try to watch for the Govt’s action plans, to understand what they are going to do to handle these kinds of situations in future.
And I wish Armed forces could have been deployed earlier than this. Army is ready to help. But was there any formal procedures that involved to delay their presence ? War and natural calamities are not different. Both cost public life, and action should have been taken immediately to rectify that. We have bought too many equipments and many are made ourselves.
And this is that kind of situation where Indian Govt should have used that to save public’s life immediately.
And keep in mind that these kinds of situations can be used by anti social elements to loot things posing as supporters. Beware of that. And do we have infrastructure to handle these much crowd gathering at one place. Do we maintain any record of people coming in to these type of places? Even small places like Hogenekel keeps a register to maintain the movement of people. I guess it is time to wake up and involve more administrative officials. And ofcourse people pay more for these kinds of tour and dharsans. Tourism industry should make a note of that. And Environmental group has the most responsibility. I beleive we could have saved lots of innocent lives if certain measures would have followed. We boast that we have more talent in India, and that is true in all other negative areas too.
THINK OF PEOPLE’S SAFETY IN THESE KINDS OF GATHERING. DO WE REALLY HAVE SOMETHING THERE TO PROTECT THESE MANY PEOPLE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS? IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THAT MANY PEOPLE. This suits in most of the religious areas in India.
With more mobiles and communications improved in this decade, we should blame the state or central govt for any delay in action in terms of life saving like medicine, food, water and so many things.
I still doubt if we have a disaster management team or such things. I am sure we may have that in theory. But practically we failed, since we delayed the rescue operations.
hat’s off to indian army
बहुत ही अदभुत और साहसी कार्य के लिए भारतीय सेना को शतशत नमन
सेना ही तो है जो हर दुःख सुख में हमारे साथ रहते
JAI HIND
I salute Indian army for their brave action for rescue operation in North India.
YOU ARE THE REAL HERO OF OUR NATION……HATS OFF.
My Dear Javans i don’t have any words to say you,i can do only one thing I salute Indian army god bless you all,The great Jesus always with you & God bless you all…………………………………JaiHind.
Think +ve, do +ve and hope positive. Do not blame each other.It is one s own past karms, according to which one faces bad or good or ultimate result.So, do better and think good for best future.Any noble work if permormed by any one in past will certainly bring happiness in your life at the appropriate time.But do good work without desire.
We salute indian army…. .
Good job….
i salute our indian army n all ndrf.or social workers resque several of lives.n shame for whom making robbery black marjeting in life needing sources.
Dear Sir,
In this hour of crisis, army men are the real Gods gifts to mankind for all the selfless work they are doing for mankind, endangering their own lives. No Baba, no Swami, no Godman, no politician, no Bollywood’s so called heroes can match these real life heroes.
Koti Koti Pranam to all the soldiers. Jai Ho Hamaare Hindustan ke Jawaan.
thnks indian army,,,,,,,,,,,,
we are proud in indian army
i solute indian army
I salute indian army’bcz we safe many people in uttarakhand…..”I hope all people safe in kedarnath.
Note:Indian army is brave,nd power full ‘brillent……jaiiii hiiindddd)
I Proud our Indian ARMY
i am be proud for an indian…&..be proud for our brave army..carry your good job..we all with you
Indian Jawans!
Hat’s off to you all. You are the real heroes in our view. You have not only saved individuals but the families. We are speechless. Out entire family gives you all a standing ovation.
Jai Hind!
really every indian should salute to each and every indian
soldier who are participating the rescue operation….. jay ho
bharateeya sena……
bharyltiy shena jesa kary (work) kr rhi he us ke liye to un ke pero ka paani bhi piya jaye to bhi kam he.
jai hind.
jai bhart….
we salute indian army
Jai Jawan , Jai kisan
jai hind I Proud our Indian ARMY
Good job done by ARMY.
Hamesha yad rakhna kahi samay ke sath bhool nahi jana.
lekin ye nahi ki baki logon ne kuchh nahi kiya,pura desh un sabhi ki salamati ke liye prarthna kar rahe hai.
Ye hi to khasiyat hai mere BHARATWASION ki,samashya aayi nahi ki ho gaye ham ek.
I SALUTE INDIAN ARMY.
I RESPECT ALL THOSE WHO HELPING THEM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
Thanks & Salute to my Indian army,they did to Good work for civilians life.
Again thanks to my Indian forces.
We salute Indian ARMY and also the RSS workers devotted job.
thanku indian army hamare country army is the best army
kudrat ne jo kahar dhaya hai isme kahi na kahi hum insano ki Bahut badi galti hui hai.
nahi to aaj tak bhagwan ke dwar pe aisa nahi hua hai.
ye Bahut hi dukhad hai.
mai us upar bale ae prarthna karta hu ki apne baccho pe daya drishti banaye rakhe.
aakhir hum sab aap hi ke bacche hai.
dhannya hai wo bharat k jawan jinhone apni jan ki parbah na karte huye insaniyat ka parichay diya.
jai hind.
i realy hats off the army because they save the many suffer people.
Very very good work indian army .I proud of you.Salute all indian army.Indian army this time uppers to God…..
Nation is One. Nation is the Strongest. All because of Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy. God Bless You All. Thanks. Ordinary Indian.