She was passionate about mountaineering, worst has happened: A father remembers daughter killed in Uttarakhand avalanche | India News,The Indian Express

Deepshikha was part of a group of 41 climbers and trainers that was hit by a slab avalanche; 26 bodies recovered, three still missing

After days of uncertainty, on Friday night, Golap’s worst fears came true with the news that Deepshikha was among the dead.

“I was alone at home on Wednesday morning when I saw the news. The incident had taken place on Tuesday but we had no information. During the flight to Delhi, and the entire journey from there up to Uttarkashi, we kept praying. We did not know what to do, waited in anxiety. Only on Friday night, I came to know that my only daughter is gone,” said Golap as he broke down at the ITBP camp in Uttarkashi’s Matli town while waiting to receive the body.

According to officials at the NIM, the body will be shifted to Dehradun and from there, the Assam government has made arrangements to get it airlifted to Deepshikha’s home district Guwahati. Similar arrangements have been made by the Meghalaya government to carry the body of Tiklu Jyrwa, a member of the Meghalaya Sport Climbing and Mountaineering Association (MeSCMA) and another victim of the avalanche.

Following the slab avalanche that hit the Draupadi ka Danda-2 (DKD-2) peak when a team of 34 trainees and 7 trainers were trying to scale it as part of an advanced mountaineering course, so far, the rescuers have recovered 26 bodies, while three persons are still missing. Out of the 41, only 12 could be rescued.

Due to bad weather, the Air Force choppers could bring only 11 (four on Friday and seven on Saturday) of the 26 bodies to the NIM base camp and from there to the ITBP camp. Four bodies brought on Friday included those of Himachal resident Shivam Kainthla, and Uttarakhand residents Savita Kanswal and Naumi Rawat.

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