On Tuesday, with the help of local youth, the administration rescued five tourists stranded for two days on Kaza Manali road, 40 km from Losar village of Spiti. The administration had received information that on December 17, 2023, a Fortuner train had left from Losar for Manali. The local people also tried to stop the occupants of the said vehicle from leaving but still they left. The next day, when the relatives of the tourists contacted the administration, they gave complete information. After this the District Magistrate decided to send rescue teams from both Spiti and Keylong. On December 18, the rescue team from Spiti could reach only three kilometers behind Kunjam Top. Vehicles were getting stuck due to excessive snow. The rescue team includes local administration, ITBP, BRO, garg son’s estate promoter pvt Ltd, new India contractors and developers pvt Ltd, Public Works Department, Forest Department, Police, Losar Kaza, youth and TAC members from various villages of Spiti. Kesang Rapchik was involved. On the first day of the rescue operation, the team had to return halfway. Then the team stopped at Losar rest house. On Tuesday morning, the rescue team again left for Batal with 10 vehicles. At around 2.30 pm the team reached Batal Rest House where the five tourists were staying. While climbing about ten kilometers away from Batal, the vehicle of these tourists slipped due to snow and all five of them got stuck. On the night of 17 December, the health of two of these tourists deteriorated significantly. When their car got stuck, three friends went on foot to Chhadu to seek help. But they did not get any help and came back exhausted. Then they decided to break the lock of the locked rest house in Batal and make arrangements for night’s stay and then all five reached the rest house. Meanwhile, the administration had received information that five people were trapped. District Magistrate Rahul Kumar said that rescue teams were sent from Kaza and Keylong. Kaza’s team reached first and everyone was rescued safely. The rescue team has done a better job under the leadership of SDM Harsh Amarendra Negi. Naib Tehsildar Prem Singh was also leading the team. The youth of Spiti have played a big role in the rescue operation. Lahaul Spiti administration expresses special gratitude to him.
All the rescued people have expressed heartfelt gratitude to the state government, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, district Lahaul Spiti administration and the local people for the rescue operation.
They were rescued
Fortuner Driver CH 01CL 8251 Lakshya Garg Dwarka Puri Sirsa Haryana, Yash Dhingra 65/24 First Floor New Rohtak Road Karol Bagh, Central Delhi, Ayush Panghal 27 A Jyoti Apartment Sector 14 Rohini Sector Northern West Delhi, Ansh Bharti Aryapuri Ratu Road Hehal , Ranchi Jharkhand and Anshul Chauhan are residents of village Chogaon tehsil Kotkhai district Shimla.
