India, Oct. 31 -- Multi-agency search and rescue teams resumed operations on Saturday to retrieve and transport the bodies of six people killed in a helicopter crash near Chayee village, close to a hill in the Marwari area of Jyotirmath (Joshimath) in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.

Retrieval efforts were suspended late Friday due to hazardous terrain and failing light. Furthermore, an Army unit that first reached the site warned district authorities of Himalayan bear activity in the surrounding forest.

According to Jyotirmath Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Shekhar Vashisht, the Army, ITBP, NDRF, SDRF, and local police, resumed operations at 5 am on Saturday to bring the bodies down to the nearest road head.

The helicopter - operated ...