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Major accident averted in Kedarnath Dham, helicopter broke down in mid-air, emergency landing made

By Renu Mishra 
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Dehradun: The journey to Char Dham continues. Lakhs of devotees have visited till now and lakhs of devotees are gradually reaching the Dhams to visit. Meanwhile, a major accident was avoided on Friday. Actually, the helicopter carrying people in the heli service for Kedarnath Dham had a technical fault, after which its emergency landing was made. However, it is a matter of relief that there was no loss of life or property.

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Actually, there was a sudden malfunction in the helicopter of Crystal Aviation and the pilot somehow made an emergency landing, due to which the lives of six people including the pilot were narrowly saved. Due to some technical problem, the helicopter of Kestrel Aviation Company coming from Sirsi Helipad to Shri Kedarnath Dham with passengers had to make an emergency landing about 100 meters before the helipad of Shri Kedarnath Dham.

Police and SDRF teams reached the spot and all the passengers were evacuated safely.Let us tell you that a record 3 lakh 40 thousand pilgrims have visited Gangotri-Yamunotri Dham so far. Till last Thursday, more than 1 lakh 64 thousand pilgrims have visited Yamunotri Dham and 1 lakh 51 thousand pilgrims have visited Gangotri Dham.

While taking action against making videos in the temple premises despite the prohibition, challans have been issued to 37 people who were making videos within 50 meters of the temple premises in Badrinath Dham. Till Thursday, 1 lakh 77 thousand 749 devotees have visited Badrinath Dham.

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