Arunachal announces Rs 10 lakh for info on Dorjee Khandu

Guwahati/Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for anyone who can give specific information about the Pawan Hans chopper that went missing with chief minister Dorjee Khandu and four others on board on Saturday.
An NGO named Cultural Society, Tawang, has offered an award of Rs 5 lakh. Tawang is Khandu's native place.
On Tuesday, Union ministers V Narayansamy and Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary Dhaniram Shandil and secretary Sanjay Bapan monitored the situation. "Both the Centre and the state government are trying their best to gather information about the safety of the chief minister," Shandil said.
Inclement weather and snowfall hampered search operations by IAF choppers. Kiren Rijiju, adviser to Khandu, said rescue workers were focussing on a dense jungle where Isro images and Sukhoi aircraft mappings earlier showed metal pieces. The area lies in West Kameng district bordering Bhutan.
Narayansamy said, "Seven locations situated at about 13,000ft from sea level in Arunachal and Bhutan have been identified by the search teams. Two locations have been searched without any result."
Wing Commander Ranjib Sahoo, PRO of the IAF's eastern command, said, "At 6 am, two MI-17 helicopters took off from Tawang but returned to base after about 45 minutes because of snowfall and bad weather."
Kuensel, Bhutan's state-run newspaper, said search and rescue teams from the Buddhist kingdom were marching towards Paptra where satellite pictures on Monday indicated the presence of aircraft-like metallic pieces. Paptra is a pasture land located at about 12,000 ft above sea level in Bhutan.
04/05/11 Times of India

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