Hyderabad: The State government’s efforts to airlift stranded pilgrims from the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand it have not materialised due to bad weather since the last 48 hours.
A four-seat private chopper stationed at the Jolly Grant airport near the Dehradun airport is waiting for the skies to clear up for the past two days. Yet, the government has hired another seven-seat helicopter to evacuate pilgrims stuck in Badrinath and nearby areas as the evacuation from Kedarnath was complete.
The Telugu Desam Party has outwitted the Congress government by chartering an aircraft from New Delhi to Hyderabad to transport the pilgrims.
Sources said the helicopter, taken on hire for a very high rate by the government, could not make a single sortie on Sunday and Monday as weather played spoilsport.
24/06/13 The Hindu
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A four-seat private chopper stationed at the Jolly Grant airport near the Dehradun airport is waiting for the skies to clear up for the past two days. Yet, the government has hired another seven-seat helicopter to evacuate pilgrims stuck in Badrinath and nearby areas as the evacuation from Kedarnath was complete.
The Telugu Desam Party has outwitted the Congress government by chartering an aircraft from New Delhi to Hyderabad to transport the pilgrims.
Sources said the helicopter, taken on hire for a very high rate by the government, could not make a single sortie on Sunday and Monday as weather played spoilsport.
24/06/13 The Hindu
