Dehradun, May 28 -- Char Dham Yatra

Kedarnath, May 26 (IANS): Amid the continuously rising number of pilgrims visiting Kedarnath Dham during the ongoing Char Dham Yatra, teams from the district administration, District Disaster Response Force (DDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) remain actively engaged in rescue and medical assistance operations to ensure the safety of devotees.

On Tuesday morning, two ailing pilgrims were safely shifted to the Kedarnath helipad through a coordinated rescue operation and later airlifted to higher medical centres for advanced treatment.

In the first incident, Arvind Kumar, a 66-year-old resident of Gaya in Bihar, was transported from Vivekananda Hospi...