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Uttarakhand: Bodies of 2 missing trekkers buried under snow retrieved from Kedartal trek on day 4

By Prithviraj Singh
Dehradun, Nov 3 (UNI) The search operation for missing eight trekkers on Kedartal Trek in Gangotri glacier zone of Uttarkashi on day four resulted into recovery of two dead bodies, a male and a female, buried under snow, by the rescue team of SDRF and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) today afternoon.
Remaining six trekkers are yet to be located.
Sharing this information, Uttarkashi District Emergency Operation Centre (DEOC) in evening stated that an eight-member rescue team of SDRF and NIM that resumed search operation today morning and retrieved the bodies of one male and another female trekkers from under the snow in their rescue operation area close to Bhoj Kharak and Kachchi Dhang.

Action taken report as to search operation shared by the state disaster management department read, "According to information received via satellite phone from a joint rescue team of SDRF and NIM, on November 3, 2026, it resumed search operation in the morning around 7.30 AM at assumed missing locations. The team reported recovering bodies of one female and one male, buried at the avalanche site, were pulled out after huge efforts."
Report further said that search operation had to be called off around 3 PM due to inclement weather and the team was forced to return to the base camp.

According to the Uttarkashi DEOC report, trekking plan operator "Soul Seeker Trekking Agency" had on October 30, 2026, informed via a letter on the same day that a trekkers team had left Gangotri for Kedartal.
DEOC report further stated "Seven trekkers and one guide went missing at an altitude of approximately 4,000 metres due to heavy snowfall avalanche during their return."
Uttarkashi DEOC ATR informed that search operation will resume on Wednesday to find the remaining six trekkers at the same location. The team has constructed a makeshift helipad at the location to start search operation early.
According to Uttarakhand disaster management department, a 12-member trekkers team, including two women from Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, five men from West Bengal along with one guide, three porters and a cook, left Gangotri for Kedartal trek on October 30. They were supposed to return on October 29, when seven trekkers and the guide got trapped near Bhojkharak and Kachchi Dhang due to a massive avalanche and snowfall. Four porters who were at a distance from them were also stranded, but they were rescued by a team and taken safely to Gangotri on October 30. Search operation for the missing trekkers was launched on October 31 based on the information shared by the rescued porters.
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