Bad weather hampers Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, 200 stranded pilgrims evacuated from Simikot

NewsBharati    08-Aug-2018
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Simikot, August 8: The journey to Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is not an easy task to accomplish. Cracking down each and every obstacle the pilgrims have a long way to conquer. On similar lines, sighting bad weather and unfavorable conditions, all pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar Yatra have been evacuated from Simikot in Nepal. The last batch of remaining 12 pilgrims was brought to Nepalgunj this morning.

Reclining the pilgrims from the area it was noted that almost 110 pilgrims were flown to Nepalgunj yesterday as flight services from Simikot resumed after the improvement in the weather conditions. Around 165 pilgrims were stuck in Simikot and Hilsa since Sunday due to bad weather.

Around 100 pilgrims reached Simikot from Nepalgunj this morning for onward journey. Scores of pilgrims stranded in Simikot of Northern Nepal has been flown out to lower regions with the improvement in the weather, the Indian mission to Nepal informed.

The area comprises of high altitude which hampers the health of the pilgrims at times and therefore there are appropriate precautions taken by the authorized government officials.

Pranav Ganesh, First Secretary of Indian Mission to Nepal informed, "The condition is all well now. Most of the pilgrims stranded there were evacuated yesterday (Tuesday)". This is the second time when the Indians on Kailash- Mansarovar pilgrimage got stuck in Nepal's high altitude because of the adverse weather conditions.

As many as 200 pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar Yatra were stopped in Simikot as the flights linking Simikot-Surkhet-Nepalgunj halted due to harsh weather. A similar incident took place last month in the Himalayan district of Nepal. Around 1500 Indian pilgrims got trapped due to the bad weather and later were rescued after a span of seven long days.