Govt announces contact numbers for friends, relatives of stranded pilgrims

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The today publicised the telephone numbers for contact by the relatives and friends of pilgrims travelling to the Kailash and are now stranded in due to inclement weather.

Contact numbers for making enquiries by relatives and friends of pilgrims stranded due to inclement weather at Hilsa and Simikot in and on the Tibet side on their way back from Kailash Yatra are as follows:

Pranav Ganesh First Secy + 977 9851107006

Tashi Khampa +977 9851155007

Tarun Raheja +977 9851107021

Rajesh Jha +977 9818832398/ 9851165140

Yogananda +977 9823672371(Kannada)

Pmdi Naresh + 977 9808082292 (Telegu)

R Morgan +977 9808500642 (Tamil)

Ranjith +977 9808500644 (Malayalam).

Two Indian pilgrims undertaking the Kailash yatra died while over 1,500 others are stranded in mountainous regions of due to inclement weather.

So far, more than 100 pilgrims from were evacuated from Nepal's Simikot region and rescue work has been intensified to bring back all those stuck along the route to Kailash Mansarovar in China's Tibetan region.

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First Published: Tue, July 03 2018. 21:40 IST