A day after six deaths in heli crash, 13 trekkers stranded in Kedartal amid snowfall and avalanche

Prithviraj Singh Dehradun, Oct 31(UNI) A day after six persons were killed in a helicopter crash in Joshimath hills of Uttarakhand, 13 persons including seven trekkers and six supporting staff were reportedly stranded on the Kedartal trekking route of Gangotri National Park(GNP). Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were trying to rescue them as snowfall and avalanche hindered the operation. According to information shared by the Uttarkashi Disaster Management department officials in Dehradun, the trekkers and supporting staff were stranded at Kedartal, at more 10,000 feet in the Gangotri glacier region, as their…