Uttarakhand: Air ambulance service employed to rescue people from remote areas
Shimla: Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday ordered the officials to start the air ambulance service to rescue people from remote villages and inaccessible areas following incessant rains.
According to Pushkar Singh Dhami also ordered to airlift three people who have been injured in Chamoli district’s Maithana village.
Those injured have been shifted to Dehradun hospital for better treatment. Earlier on Friday, Dhami met families of two people who went missing in the landslide in the Dungri village of Chamoli district.
Two people went missing as heavy rain triggered a landslide at Dungri village in Karnaprayag tehsil, Chamoli district on October 20.
The residents on the new service said that the new service announced by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand will protect many lives. The hilly state has witnessed flooded roads, buildings, landslides, and overflowing rivers leaving people stranded in various places.
District magistrate Himanshu Khurana said that “Rescue operations by the local administration and Disaster management agencies were launched.”
(_Vinayak)
