Uttarakhand rain: Baba Ramdev, 400 students stuck in Gangotri

Mangalore Today News Network

Uttarakhand, July  16, 2014: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was among thousands of pilgrims stuck in Gangotri as the road to Uttarkashi has caved-in at many places amid heavy rain in Uttarakhand.

 

 

Ramdev is stuck with around 400 students. He had gone ahead with the programme despite an alert issued by Met department of Uttarakhand.

The Uttarakhand DGP said if anything happened to the children who went to Gangotri with Baba Ramdev, then legal action would be taken against the yoga guru.

The Uttarakhand government has halted the Kedarnath Yatra from July 16 to 18 following heavy rains.

The state, which witnessed a devastating disaster last year when thousands of Char Dham yatra pilgrims lost their lives after being caught unaware in the deluge, has warned pilgrims to keep themselves updated on the weather conditions.

The state disaster management department has asked pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri to be prepared as per the MeT department warning, and has been issuing regular weather updates to them, officials said.