Himachal floods: Over 300 international tourists evacuated from flood-hit state
Monsoon fury in Himachal Pradesh: The situation of Himachal Pradesh is still gruesome and as the relief operation is in full swing, over 300 international tourists have been tracked and evacuated from flood-hit state.
As per the sources, over 300 Israeli tourists were evacuated safely and no causalities were reported.
Ambassador of Israel to India Naor Gilon informed that no Israeli casualties took place.
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"Rescue teams from #Israel with embassy staff blessing the successful tracing and evacuation (when required) of more than 300 Israeli tourists from #HimachalPradesh flood-hit areas. Luckily, no Israeli casualties. Our hearts are with the victims of this disaster," Gilon said.
The NDRF team, along with with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Home Guard personnel embarked the rescue operation of Himachal Pradesh
On July 10, the team rescued 125 more Israeli tourists from Kasol.
The Israeli embassy also sent its team to locate its nationals, which lost road connectivity due to the landslides triggered by the heavy rain last weekend.
Earlier, out of those 2000 rescues, 40 were foreign nationals, including 14 Russian citizens in Kasol. Some of them were rescued from other parts of the Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti districts of the state.
Director General of Police (DGP) informed the Israel embassy that, “Everybody in Kasol, including the foreigners, is safe. 40 foreigners contacted us, and there could be others in other parts of the state, but all are safe. All 14 Russians are safe, they have been brought down from Kasol, and Australians were also, and they were connected to their people in Delhi. To give you a breakup on a national basis, there were Spanish, Russian, Israeli, Romanian, German, Australian, one American, and two Irish ladies in Chandratal. They are also being rescued."
The Kullu district police found 13 bodies in the Beas River on Wednesday. “13 bodies have been found, and the identification is yet to be made,” said Trivedi.
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Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh is conducting a virtual review at the Secretariat regarding the situation arising due to the monsoon in the state.
As per data available from the Himachal Pradesh Disaster Management Authority, over 40000 tourists were stranded in flood-hit regions of the state.
- With inputs from agencies
