Didi rushes ministers to monitor rescue operations

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DIDI RUSHES MINISTERS TO MONITOR RESCUE OPERATIONS

By Saugar Sengupta
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Kolkata - Worried over the fate of hundreds of Bengali
pilgrims stuck in flood-hit Uttarakhand, Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sent two of Cabinet
colleagues, �to oversee the rescue operations.�

State Transport Minister Madan Mitra and Tourism Minister
Rachpal Singh were on Tuesday flown to Delhi by an
evening flight. From there they would move to the flood-
hit mountain State.

�Both Madan Mitra and Rachpal Singh are taking the
evening flight to Delhi from where they will proceed to
Uttarakhand,� a worried Banerjee said, adding she had a
conversation with her Uttarakhand counterpart in this
regard.

�We have around 1,700 tourists and pilgrims stuck at
various places in Uttarakhand,� the West Bengal Chief
Minister said, adding she had in her talks with
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna �requested them
to open an alternative route to Karnaprayag so that our
stranded tourists can find an alternative route to
return�.

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