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The army rescued the bike riders safely.
5 bike riders stranded due to snowfall and landslides for 8 days in Gunji, adjacent to Nepal China border in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, 1200 km from Gurdaspur, were rescued by the army on Friday morning through Chinook helicopter. These include 2 industrialists Rajneesh Agarwal and Jyoti Kansra from Dinanagar, Amol of Sujanpur, Rishab Sujati of Mukerian and Vishal Sharma of Gurgaon.
Snow on the bike. Returned to the army.
Caught in snowfall on October 7
All of them had left for mountain trekking on October 1 on a bike. On October 4, he reached Gunji, the last village on the border of China and Nepal. He traveled to Mount Om on 5 October and Adi Kailash on 6 October. Panchachuli was to go on trekking on 7 October, but due to the sudden change in weather, all roads were closed due to snowfall and land slide. Everyone got stuck in the gunji. Mobile network also failed due to bad weather.
The Chinook was rescued by helicopter.
Permission was not given to bring civilians
Batch mate of Army Officer Bike Rider Amol posted in Army’s 19 Grenadier Unit posted in Gunji turned out to be a batch mate and with their help, the family members were informed about being trapped in Gunji through the army. Meanwhile, an attempt was made to contact the family members by taking the SIM of Nepal. But the network stopped working due to bad weather.
Bike riders reached the Dham.
Finally, on October 12, the army’s Chinook helicopter reached Gunji with the logistics for the army. But on his return he was not allowed to take civilians with him. 2 days passed like this. A total of 32 civilians were stranded in Gunji. Meanwhile, on the orders of the Uttarakhand government, the DM of Pithoragarh gave permission to the army to rescue the civilians trapped in Gunji on Thursday.
Rescue done on the orders of DM
They were rescued and brought to Pithoragarh safely through Army’s Chinook helicopter, which reached Gunji at eight o’clock on Friday morning. From here they have left for their homes. Industrialists Jyoti Kansra and Rajneesh Aggarwal told that the weather is still bad in Gunji. Due to the landslide, all the routes to get there are closed. Had to come by handing over his bikes to the army.