DEHRADUN: The UPA government on Monday pressed into service two Army helicopters to trace an eight-member trekker team belonging to West Bengal that have been missing in the Garhwal Himalayas.
The trekker team have been missing since September 17 from the Gangotri-Kalindi route in Uttarkashi district, which is 16,000 feet high.
Debashis Biswas, the spokesman of West Bengal Mountaineers and Trekkers Association, said that central government has deployed two army Cheetah helicopters to conduct a search operation.
Meanwhile, no breakthrough has been made so far, said officials.
The trekker team have been missing since September 17 from the Gangotri-Kalindi route in Uttarkashi district, which is 16,000 feet high.
Debashis Biswas, the spokesman of West Bengal Mountaineers and Trekkers Association, said that central government has deployed two army Cheetah helicopters to conduct a search operation.
Meanwhile, no breakthrough has been made so far, said officials.
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