Watch: Landslide blocks Kedarnath route in Rudraprayag’s Chirbasa

NEW DELHI: Around 1,500 pilgrims stranded on the Kedarnath route near Chirbasa were safely rescued and escorted to Gaurikund after a landslide blocked the route late Sunday night, officials said.The pilgrims were stranded around three kilometres from Gaurikund after a landslide hit the route near Chirbasa, news agency ANI reported.The Rudraprayag District Control Room (DCR) informed Sonprayag Police about the situation late on September 27, following which the SDRF Sonprayag team, led by Sub-Inspector Ashish Dimri, rushed to the spot.Pilgrims carefully evacuated from landslide zonePrioritising the safety of the pilgrims, the rescue teams carefully assisted them across the affected stretch.…