Dehradun: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who has
been stranded at Joshimath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, on
Tuesday took the role of a counsellor alongside ITBP personnel as he met
a number of pilgrims hit by incessant rains and floods.
The cricketer is staying at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
camp at Joshimath since the last three days after he too could not reach
Hemkund Sahib gurudwara due to inclement weather.
The off-spinner accompanied ITBP officials to the forces' barracks
and campuses on Tuesday where stranded pilgrims are being provided food
and medicines and talked to them.
"He counselled them (pilgrims and tourists) that all would be well
soon and that force personnel and others are trying to bring as much
succour as they can. He gave them food and water and spent with them," a
senior ITBP official said.
The ITBP has deployed close to 600 personnel for relief and rescue
operations in the state and has opened up its office and residential
buildings for the people to stay.
"Our jawans have even emptied their barracks to accommodate the
people who are stuck. Every effort is being made to provide food, water
and medicines through two private choppers that have been pressed in by
the force," the official said.
The force has spread its men to rain-hit areas in Kedarnath,
Gaurikund, Govindghat, Pandukeswar, Karnaprayag, Badrinath and
Uttarkashi.
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