Dehradun, A search operation for eight people, including seven trekkers, missing on the Kedartal trek in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district resumed on Tuesday morning after being suspended a day earlier due to bad weather, officials said.
Permits will be issued once the weather improves. The Uttarkashi district disaster management office said it received an update from the rescue team at 7.30 am that the operation had resumed as weather conditions had improved. The Uttarkashi Forest Division has stopped issuing permits for treks at altitudes of 4,000 metres or above until weather conditions improve. “We are currently not issuing permits for treks above 4,000 metres as weather conditions are not favourable. On October 27, a group of 13 people, comprising seven trekkers and six support staff, set out from Gangotri for the Kedartal trek. They were scheduled to return on October 29, but adverse weather, snowfall and glaciers blocking the route prevented their return, officials said. An SDRF team from Gangotri had reached the Kedartal area for reconnaissance on November 1, but heavy snowfall and adverse weather hampered the operation, officials said.
The restriction will remain in force until further orders,” Divisional Forest Officer Jeevan Mohan Dagade said.
