Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 30: The relatives of three missing people of Jammu who had left for holy pilgrimage of Kedarnath on June 9 from here but did not return till date have accused the J&K Government of not rendering any help and assistance to them in locating their missing family members.
Anil Gupta, who along with his other relatives were camping in Dehradun capital of Uttarakhand for about a weak to get any clue of his father, Sham Lal Gupta, mother Neelam Gupta of Sarwal and his Mama Ji, Ramesh Chander Gupta from Akhnoor who had left for the holy pilgrimage of Kedarnath from here on June 9 and were supposed to return back on June 20 did not return after the cloud burst and flash floods that lashed the Kedar Ghati on June 16 and 17 said they failed to get any assistance or help from State administration.
Anil said that his parents had performed darshan at Kedarnath on June 15 and they telephoned them from the holy shrine on the same day at 2-15 pm but since then they had no contact with them. The family was to stay for a night at Kedarnath in Maharashtra Mangal hotel and return on June 16 morning to Govri Kund, he added.
He said from the travel agency employees they came to know that other pilgrims who were associating the family had left Kedarnath for Gouri Kund in the morning of June 16 and were trapped at Rambara due to heavy rain fall but later there whereabouts are not known.
Anil said he along with his other relatives including his uncle left for Uttarakhand on June 18 and enquired at Dehradun, Rishi Kesh and Haridwar about them. “We visited the Railway Station, Airport and Bus stands at all these places but could not get any clue of our family members”, he added.
He said it is surprising that no help and support came to them from State Government while all the other States had established camps, deputed their senior officers and police men to assist the people in locating their kith and kin , there was no such stall from the State Government of J&K whom they could approach for help.
He said even these States had organized free langars for the people. There was no expectation from the Uttarakhand Government as it is paralyzed totally following the natural calamity.
He said“ we also registered a FIR at Police Station Rishi Kesh on June 26 and later returned next day as the administration announced that the rescue operations have been suspended for two more days due to inclement weather”.
It may be recalled that Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker had turned the number of dead in the recent calamity as 10,000 as many people are still missing and their relatives have no clues about them.
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