Just three days, a chopper of a private company hired by the Uttarakhand government to supply emergency relief materials hit the apple trolley cable and crashed over Uttarkashi’s Arakot village area.
It finally exploded in which the pilot, co-pilot and a helper hailing from Uttarkashi were killed instantaneously. The badly burnt bodies were retrieved from a gorge after great difficulties by the SDRF team with the help of the locals and police.
These deceased crew members had already supplied food material and water packets to some of the villages near Arakot, Uttarkashi but were killed while heading for Moldi from Mori in Uttarkashi Garhwal. The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had expressed his grief and condolences to the bereaved families and had announced the financial compensation of Rs. 15 lakh to each of the bereaved families.
Another helicopter carrying relief materials for the natural calamity hit victims of Uttarkashi villages yesterday crash-landed near the Tikochi village. However, all the crew members including the pilot are safe, hale and hearty. The commanding dexterity of the pilot finally led to the safe landing of the chopper. It’s indeed the towering efforts of these courageous pilots who are supplying rations, clothing, water, and medicines to the calamity hit people of Uttarakhand despite inclement weather conditions. They deserve the fullest appreciation.
Meanwhile, the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat was today directed by the DGCA Pradeep Singh to immediately implement the DGCA norms with regard to helicopter flying in the entire Uttarakhand to exercise checks on these fatal chopper accidents. Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat got the DGCA’s instructions after he had spoken to Pradeep Singh and acquainted him about the action taken in this regard.