Flash flood washes away trekking route in HP’s Kinnaur, ITBP rescues 413 pilgrims

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Personnel of the 17th Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) rescued 413 pilgrims using a rope-based traverse crossing technique and evacuated them to safer locations, said an official.

After receiving a distress call from the Kinnaur district administration on Wednesday morning, the ITBP and NDRF teams were mobilised again and continued the rescue operation.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate rainfall at most places in Himachal Pradesh, with a few spells of intense to very intense rainfall likely in the districts of Bilaspur, Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, and Mandi on Wednesday.

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