Fresh floods reported from Uttarkashi are hampering relief and rescue operations yet stranded persons were rescued from Govindghat area and 
nearly 1300 people rescued from Badrinath.
In Uttarakhand, as many as 1381 people from Badrinath and 500 from Pithoragarh district were evacuated today despite inclement weather.
Addressing in Dehradun, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar informed that evacuation of pilgrims would be complete in Badrinath tomorrow, as only around 500 were left there at the most and added 1,06,156 stranded people have been rescued till date.
Rescue work in Badrinath area resumed today during the day after some delay due to bad weather and 1,313 pilgrims including some villagers were evacuated by helicopters and the remaining by road.
Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar said about 500 people still remain to be evacuated.
Stating that efforts are being made to ensure supply of essential relief material to over 600 villages cut off after the floods in Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts, the chief secretary said 2,379 metric tonnes of wheat and 2,875 metric tonnes of rice has so far been dispatched to these villages.
Meanwhile, over 200 families living along the banks of Bhagirathi river have been asked to move to safer places following a rise in water level.
The MeT department, however, has sent a word of assurance, and said the rise is mainly due to melting of glaciers with the sun showing up, and there is no flood threat.
Earlier, bad weather interrupted the rescue operations in worst-hit Kedarnath area, as intermittent rains in Kedarnath and Guptkashi hampered the process of clearing of debris and pulling out of bodies lying underneath.
In the worst-hit Kedarnath region, cremation of bodies is on in full swing to minimise chances of an epidemic outbreak.
Harsil sector was fully evacuated on Friday.
Nearly 2,400 Uttarakhand villages have been hit hard by the himalayan tsunami and for now there’s a sense of urgency to cremate the dead and tackle the fear of an epidemic spreading among those who’ve survived.
Adding to the problem, water level in Bhagirathi River is rising continuously, because of which as many as 70 families residing along the river banks had to be taken to safer places.
The rescue operations are coming close to a wind up and the focus is now on around 1,400 pilgrims reported to be stranded in Badrinath.
Choppers have been flown to the Himalayan shrine to evacuate the remaining pilgrims.
Army chief Gen Bikram Singh said the army personnel will remain in Uttarakhand till the last survivor in affected areas is evacuated to safety, he had said.
Coal India Limited has announced to donate Rs 50 crore for the relief and rehabilitation of the flood-hit people of Uttarakhand.
CIL will provide a financial aid of Rs 50 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help the flood victims in Uttarakhand.
Meanwhile, a team of experts from Archaeological Survey of India will visit the Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand to assess the quantum of damage caused by the flood fury and restoration required for the shrine.
A team of five experts from Dehradun and Delhi will be the part of the exercise for the revered temple which bore the brunt of floods and landslides triggered by the deluge in the hill state on 16th June.
The state government had sought help from the ASI to assess the damage caused to the shrine.
Efforts are on to drop the team by air by Sunday, sources said.
The team is expected to suggest restoration exercise needed for the temple and the surrounding areas, a senior official said. The ASI team will submit its report to the Chief Minister.
