Speaking to , State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra told that a rescue team was immediately dispatched to the scene after receiving reports of a bridge collapse near Chidwasa on Thursday night. On Friday morning, the rescue team successfully evacuated 38 stranded pilgrims, including 27 Kanwar yatris, five female employees of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, and eight local residents, after a six-hour continuous rescue operation. Meanwhile, the two individuals who were swept away by the river currents were part of the Kawad yatris group.
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