Rudraprayag, Sept. 3 -- The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Wednesday rescued two persons who had fallen ill on the Kedarnath Yatra route and shifted them to hospital, officials said.

The operation was carried out in the Munkatia sliding zone under the Sonprayag area. The SDRF Post in Sonprayag received information from the Rudraprayag Disaster Control Room that two commuters travelling from Gaurikund towards Sonprayag had fallen sick and were stranded due to a road blockage near Munkatiya.

Acting swiftly, the SDRF team, led by Sub-Inspector Bhagat Kandari, reached the spot. Both persons were safely escorted across the sliding zone and taken to Sonprayag Hospital in an ambulance.

Meanwhile, due to continuous heavy r...