Rambara – the lost hamlet near Kedarnath Zee Media Bureau Dehradun/Haridwar: Surrounded by dense green forest, with a waterfall nearby, the tiny village of Rambara was the most popular resting place for devotees trekking to Kedarnath from Gaurikund. But the flash floods that caused death and destruction at Kedarnath on June 16-17 spared none in Rambara. Nothing is left there, just nothing. The entire area, which housed around 100-150 shops and five hotels, to serve the needs of the ever swelling number of pilgrims, was completely washed away leaving no trace of the once bustling hamlet perched at an altitude of 2591 metres halfway on the 14 km long trek to Kedarnath. The floods have left Rambara under 10 feet of sludge. No one can risk a guess on the number of people washed away by the angry Mandakini river or worse still, lie buried under the heaps of mud and debris. As per eyewitnesses, on June 16 at around 6.15 pm, water level in the Mandakini rose like a tsunami; huge waves of engulfed Rambara, sweeping away everything. When the trail of death from Kedarnath reached Rambara after decimating upstream hamlets like Gadoriya and Gidurpharni, most of those present there were caught unaware. While the locals dashed up the surrounding hills, it was sometime before th
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:58:15 +0000
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