Uttarakhand tragedy: CM Trivendra Singh Rawat visits rescued persons at ITBP hospital - See pics

The people rescued were taken to the 1st Battalion Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Joshimath Hospital. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat paid a visit to the 12 rescued persons admitted in this hospital.

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The Chief Minister spoke to the patients and also arranged to give them a small gift to lift their spirits. 

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Mi-17 and ALH helicopters flying from Dehradun to Joshimath with disaster relief teams on board were part of the rescue operations carried out.

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Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police watch as a machine is used to clear a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away, in Tapovan.

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At least 11 people are feared dead and over 203 missing in the Uttarakhand glacier tragedy.

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Rescue team members work near a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away and caused a flood in Tapovan.

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Members of the ITBP rescue teams successfully saved people from the first tunnel and are currently working on the second tunnel.

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Hundreds of military personnel were deployed to the Himalayas to assist with the rescue and relief missions.

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