Dehradun airport's wall plastered with hundreds of photographs of missing
Just outside the back gate of the Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun, the anxiety for missing pilgrims caught in the Uttarakhand flash floods is now turning to anger. 11 days after disaster struck the Kedar Valley, thousands of people have been missing.
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Dehradun airport's wall plastered with hundreds of photographs of missingThe wall and the door of Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun have been plastered with hundreds of photographs and contact details of family members who still haven't been traced. Every time reporters reach a spot, traumatised people rush and surround them, flagging photographs of their loved ones. -
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Dehradun airport's wall plastered with hundreds of photographs of missingMany of those at the airport gate who were also pilgrims who came down from the mountains, claim they had seen hundreds of bodies caught in the raging rivers or buried under debris. -
Dehradun airport's wall plastered with hundreds of photographs of missingReports suggest that 1600 First Information Reports (FIRs) on missing people have already been registered with the Uttarakhand Police. On the other hand, the task for the administration and the armed forces is onerous since many could have been swept away by the flash floods or worse, got buried under silt, rocks and mud. -
Dehradun airport's wall plastered with hundreds of photographs of missingThe next focus, sources in the Air Force say, is to move with the help of helicopters equipment to dig into several feet of debris in the Kedar Valley to look for missing people, a process which has already begun.
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