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Amritsar Family Shares Uttarakhand Disaster
June 27, 2013

Many families were stranded in the Uttarakhand disaster. However, there is one family from Amritsar that survived from the disaster after spending two days in forest without food. Gurvinder Singh, along with members of his family, reached ISBT 43 on June 26, 2013 escaping the terror hanging on the lives of many in Uttarakhand.
During their stay at the flood stricken place, their ten-year-old son received serious knee injuries. The family informed that they left for Hemkund Sahib on June 13 from Amritsar, but on their way they were stuck at Gobind Dham.

At Gobind Dham, the family was forced to stay under shelter for four days after the tragedy happened. Gurvinder blamed lack of management for the chaos. He says that the authorities at Gobind Dham closed the shutters of the community kitchen and they were forced to eat just once a day.

Gurvinder said that the force with which the river flowed was so great that the earth seemed like it was shaking. His son, Arshdeep fell from a mountain and sustained injuries in his right knee. The child then fainted in terror. The family still had to keep going and at some places, even used ropes to make its way through. Gurvinder has urged that help should be provided soon to families stranded in the area.



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