One student of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Badkot, Uttarkashi lost his life when he along with other students of the institute lost their way in the snow on Friday. Reports coming from Uttarakashi suggest that seven students of ITI Badkot left their institute on Friday. As the Yamunotri national highway was blocked at Radi top due to heavy snowfall a day earlier, the group decided to trek towards Uttarakashi. The students however lost their way in the snow and got stuck in a forested area. Meanwhile condition of one student Anuj Semwal son of Mayaram deteriorated following which the students made distress calls on the phone numbers of their relatives on Friday afternoon. The district disaster management officer of Uttarkashi, Devendra Patwal said that rescue teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and local police headed towards Radi top area where the students were stranded. He said that due to darkness and snow the teams faced difficulty in reaching to the students. On Saturday morning all the students were rescued to Community Health Centre (CHC) Badkot where doctors declared Anoop Semwal dead. The deceased was a resident of Gyansu in Uttarkashi.
