Congress nominee Manoj Rawat, who had previously won the seat in 2017, managed only 18,192 votes (33.42 per cent). Independent candidate Tribhuvan Singh also played a significant role, securing 9,266 votes (17.1 per cent) and reportedly diverting a substantial portion of Congress' voter base.
The Badrinath shrine pilgrimage, which attracted 47 lakh devotees this year, has resulted in the accumulation of 180 tonnes of garbage at more than 10,000 feet above sea level in this eco-sensitive zone
The Kedarnath assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand recorded around 57 per cent voting by 5 pm on Wednesday even as the Election Commission of India was yet to announce final figures with likely margin of around 3 per cent increase.
Umesh Kumar, an Independent MLA from Haridwar's Khanpur constituency in Uttarakhand, has publicly threatened Dehradun District Magistrate and IAS officer Savin Bansal over alleged attempts to collect details about his properties.
As delay to appoint new Director General of Police(DGP) by Uttarakhand government continued, acting head of the state police Abhinav Kumar questioned the dominance of UPSC and union home ministry in the present selection module.
According to officials, the first three workers were brought out on specially modified stretchers. These were lowered manually down a two-metre-wide pipe inserted into holes drilled into the hillside.
"We have been able to successfully evacuate all the trapped workers thanks to the brilliant rescue team," an official said.
CM Dhami added "manual drilling of the passage is moving ahead smoothly as no hard obstructions are coming in the way. Only cement blocks are being found by the miners working hard to drill escape passage."
Notably, 41 workers are trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel for the last 16 days. The incident took place on November 12, 2023. Since then, the NDRF is on the rescue mission to evacuate the workers
On the sixteenth day of the operations to rescue the labourers under the tunnel in Uttarakhand, authorities are examining various options as the vertical drilling to free the forty-one trapped workers from the collapsed part of the Uttarkashi tunnel continues
