2 more missing trekkers found dead; toll seven

Uttarkashi, October 22

Two more members of a trekking team who had gone missing on a trek to Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh via Harsil in Uttarkashi have been found dead, taking the toll to seven.

A search was underway for the remaining two members of the 11-member expedition even as two trekkers were rescued alive on Thursday and were being treated in Harsil and Uttarkashi, an official said. Search and rescue teams from Uttarkashi spotted five bodies of trekkers on Thursday, while two members of the team were found dead by a rescue team in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkashi district disaster management officer Devendra Patwal said. The search was on for the two missing members of the team on a warfooting with the help of a helicopter, Colonel Rajendra Prasad of 9 Bihar Regiment said. — PTI