17-Year-Old Girl, Lost In 2013 Kedarnath Floods, Reunites With Family
17-Year-Old Girl, Lost In 2013 Kedarnath Floods, Reunites With Family
There are many stories in real life that remind us that miracle and fairytale endings do exist. This story, a mentally challenged girl who got separated from her parents during Kedarnath floods, and reunites with her family, is a reminder for us.
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A 17-year-old, mentally challenged girl, who got separated from her family in the 2013 Kedarnath Floods, reunited with her family after five years on Monday in Aligarh. The girl, identified as Chanchal, had gone to Kedarnath on a pilgrimage with her parents. When the floods came, it swept away her father and separated her from her mother. The mother of the girl returned Aligarh after failing to find her daughter.
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Chanchal, then 12, was feared dead, but some good people took her to an orphanage in Jammu. But for the last few months, the girl with her limited verbal skills tried to communicate about Aligarh city to the orphanage authorities.
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The orphanage management then tried to get in touch with the Aligarh city legislator, Sanjiv Raja, who took help of director of NGO Childline Aligarh, Gyanendra Mishra. The director of the NGO somehow managed to identify the family with the help of the police.
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Everyone is happy with the return of Chanchal. Her grandparents, Harish Chand and Shakuntala Devi, residents of Bannadevi locality believed that the reunion was nothing short of a miracle for them.
-PTC NEWS
