Two days after a destructive cloudburst and intense rainfall struck Uttarakhand, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) reported on Thursday that 21 more civilians stranded in Gangotri were airlifted from Nelong to Harsil in Uttarkashi district, reported ANI. 

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) official Amit Kumar stated, "Our four machines are working in this operation. The Director General of Border Roads and our chief also visited here. At least 20-40 houses are still buried and fully damaged...So far, 150-175 people have been rescued by BRO, ITBP, NDRF, and SDRF. A total of five bodies have been recovered so far..."

Earlier on Thursday, the Uttarakhand government informed ANI that 274 people who were stranded in Gangotri and nearby regions had been successfully evacuated to Harsil. The group includes 131 individuals from Gujarat, 123 from Maharashtra, 21 from Madhya Pradesh, 12 from Uttar Pradesh, six from Rajasthan, seven from Delhi, five from Assam, five from Karnataka, three from Telangana, and one from Punjab. All of them are safe and are currently being transported to either Uttarkashi or Dehradun, reported ANI.