Two Army Helicopters Helped Rescued Trekker’s Body in Mahapanth

&NewLine;<p>November 02&comma; 2022 –&nbsp&semi;On the Ransi-Manani-Kedarnath Trek&comma; The body of Trekker Alok Biswas &lpar;33&rpar; from Mahapanth was rescued by an Air Force helicopter and brought to Chardham Helipad Guptkashi&period; Alok&&num;8217&semi;s family will reach by Thursday&period; The trekker lost his life on October 8 due to extreme fatigue and cold&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; two Indian Air Force helicopters reached Chardham Helipad Guptkashi from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wildhawk&period;in&sol;topics&sol;joshimath-news&sol;">Joshimath<&sol;a> at around 7 am&period; District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar explained rescue team the conditions of the trek&period; After this&comma; the rescue team left for the trek in two helicopters&period; Due to clear weather&comma; the helicopter did not face any problem landing&comma; and the team returned to the Chardham helipad at around 9&colon;30 am carrying the body from the Mahapanth trek&period; The body was brought to the district hospital from the helipad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar told that on Tuesday&comma; two helicopters of the Indian Army reached Joshimath from Sarsawa&comma; Uttar Pradesh&period; The rescue team included Wing Commander TD Sharma of the Indian Air Force&comma; Wing Commander Deepika Rao&comma; Flying Lieutenant Himalaya Singh&comma; Squadron Leader J&period; Kaur&comma; AM Shah&comma; SK Singh&comma; Ankit Yadav&comma; Ravi Chauhan of SDRF&comma; Virendra Kala&comma; Deepak Pant&comma; Mahesh&comma; Ramesh Rawat&comma; Praveen Rathi&comma; Praveen Chauhan&comma; Yogesh Rawat&comma; Sunil Singh Rana of DDRF&comma; Rahul Kumar&comma; Narendra Singh&comma; Anil Semwal and Gajpal&comma; etc&period; The District Magistrate&comma; Mayur Dixit&comma; congratulated the rescue team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">On October 2&comma; Ten members of the Trekking team left Ransi<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Saguna Nadia&comma; a resident of Alok Biswas&comma; West Bengal&comma; left Ransi on October 2 on the Ransi-Manani-Kedarnath trekking route along with nine other companions&period; Due to extreme fatigue&comma; he stayed in the Mahapanth with his other companion Vikram Majumdar while the other eight reached Kedarnath the same night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On October 9&comma; the District Disaster Operation Center Rudraprayag received information that two trekkers were stranded in the Mahapanth glacier on the Ransi-Manani-Kedarnath trekking route&period; After this&comma; NDRF&comma; SDRF&comma; and DDRF personnel&comma; with the help of the District Disaster Management Department&comma; left for the spot along with the local porter and guide&comma; but due to bad weather&comma; the rescue could not be done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On October 10&comma; when the rescue team reached the spot&comma; it was found that the trekker Alok had died while Vikram Majumdar&&num;8217&semi;s health was also bad&period; So the team covered Alok&&num;8217&semi;s body with plastic&comma; took Vikram to Kedarnath&comma; and admitted him to Vivekananda Hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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