Dehradun: The pilgrimage of Sikhs to Shri Hemkund Sahib, located in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, is going to start from May 20.The army has cleared the way till Hemkund by clearing the snow. Now the work of widening it is going on. 35 jawans of 418 Engineering Corps are engaged in clearing snow from the yatra route, which is being led by Havaldar Malkit Singh and Harsevak Singh.
Today, Army personnel cleared the snow and reached Hemkund Sahib along with Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib's management. Yatra of Hemkund Sahib scheduled to begin from 20th May. pic.twitter.com/htKohkAmCX
— Harsimran Singh ਹਰਸਿਮਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ہرسمرن سنگھ (@harsimrans307) April 28, 2023
According to the report, the army team reached Ghangaria from Govindghat on April 20 and in 8 days, this team has removed light snow from the 5 km walk from Ghangaria to Hemkund. At the same time, a 4 feet wide pedestrian path has been made in the middle of the icebergs more than 15 feet high spread in Atlakoti. Along with this army team, a team of 11 servicemen under the leadership of Sardar Gurunam Singh has reached Hemkund on Friday afternoon. This team of sevadars will descend from Hemkund on Saturday and start the work of removing snow from the footpath. Seva Singh, manager of Govindghat Gurdwara, has informed that there is still a large amount of snow on the pedestrian route.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: Yatra of Hemkund Sahib scheduled to begin from 20th May. The work of clearing the snow from the route started on 20th April by the Indian Army. Today, Army personnel cleared the snow and reached Hemkund Sahib along with Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib's manager… pic.twitter.com/DsrsYH0JeK
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 28, 2023
Army soldiers and servicemen have made a light pedestrian path by cutting snow, now the path will be further widened by cutting snow and glaciers from the path. Due to the weather, there is a lot of problem in removing snow from the road. At the same time, Jio's network has started providing service from Friday in Ghangaria, the last stop of the Hemkund Yatra route.
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