Secured landing at helipad in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand

Air Force cargo helicopter Chinook made a safe landing at the helipad in Kedarnath on Saturday morning. It is being told that the district disaster management authority had prepared a helipad in Kedarnath.

With this, heavy machines have to be transported to speed up reconstruction work there. This helipad was inspected by the Air Force team. The second phase reconstruction work in Kedarnath is proposed from October. Tenders have been issued for this.

Recently, Chief Secretary Omprakash had taken stock of the arrangements at Kedarnath and directed the DDMA to prepare the helipad within ten days. In the year 2015, this helipad has been expanded by expanding the helipad made for landing the Mi-26 helicopter.

For this, 45 cottages of Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam were removed from one part of the helipad. A 50 meter wide and 100 meter long platform has been prepared for the helipad. On Saturday, Air Force cargo helicopter Chinook made a safe landing at the helipad built in Kedarnath.