Kailash Mansarovar yatra suspended

Mon, 17 June 2013

12:48

The annual Kailash Mansarovar 'yatra' has been suspended today in view of heavy rains and landslides in Uttarakhand. "The yatra has been stopped in Buddhi in Uttarakhand in view of landslides and heavy rains. The pilgrims have been accommodated in various locations and the route will be opened again after things get normal," a senior ITBP official said. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) guards the yatra and pilgrims.

It may be recalled that danseuse Protima Bedi died during the yatra in the Malpa landslide near Pithoragarh in the Himalayas in 1998.

Also read: Record rains flood Mumbai, leave it limping

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