Dehradun, Aug. 10 -- Helicopters made multiple sorties on Saturday to evacuate people from areas surrounding the disaster-hit Dharali in Uttarkashi as rescue operations entered the fifth day.

SDRF's dog squad walked through dilapidated buildings swamped with rubble in search of those who went missing after the devastating mudslide in Kheer Ganga on Tuesday tore through Dharali bazar razing hotels and homestays to the ground and swept away all that came in its way killing people and leaving behind a trail of destruction.

The SDRF is searching for people trapped under the debris in Dharali by conducting a thorough search in the damaged buildings with the help of state-of-the-art equipment like victim locating and thermal imaging cameras and...