Kashmir’s iconic gondola under scanner after another mid-air breakdown
Gulmarg’s world-famous Gondola has once again landed in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
Gulmarg’s world-famous Gondola has once again landed in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
At least 65 cable-cars remained hanging mid-air for several hours until the Chinar Corps of the Indian Army, SDRF Kashmir and J&K Police launched a joint operation to rescue the tourists.
Around 1,500 tourists, along with approximately 169 vehicles and 79 bikes, are currently stranded in Sikkim's Lachen following the temporary closure of the Lachen axis due to a road breach near Tarum Chu Bridge.
Around 150 to 200 tourists have been stranded in Chungthang following multiple landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in North Sikkim, according to District Collector Anant Jain.
Vjayan, in his letter to the EAM, said tourist groups , including senior citizens above 65 years of age, are stranded in Nepal and are now in an area where violence is taking place in the wake of the ‘Gen Z’ protests.
Fifty tourists from West Bengal, who were stranded at Nashri due to flash-floods and landslides on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, were rescued Thursday morning by the police and shifted to a safe place in Batote in the Ramban district.
Mishra, a native of Jhalda in Purulia district, was among the three tourists from West Bengal, who lost their lives in the attack, which claimed 26 lives in total.
The tourists – comprising 13 women and 4 men from Bhilai Garh–Sarangarh district of Chhattisgarh – had begun their trek from Nrusinghnath (Bargarh) to Harishankar (Balangir) on the evening of 23 July.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has initiated safety audits of its major tourist destinations following the recent deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation today launched a mobile application with QR code facility to provide consolidated information on the city to the tourists and other visitors.
