Tourists stranded in Spiti valley
Rescue team members helping tourists in walking on snow
Tourists stranded in Lahaul-Spiti
Tourists, without proper winter clothes and snow shoes, had been stuck in extreme cold for five days.
Himachal's Spiti valley
The administration first arranged for clothes and shoes and carried them to the stranded tourists.
Spiti valley
Tourists were asked to take only essentials and leave clothes and other goods at Batal.
Spiti valley
Unable to walk on slippery snow, tourists were given sticks to help them in moving without losing their balance.
Lahaul-Spiti
The rescue team members carried the children on back and helped women and elderly climbing uphill on the slippery snow.
Lahaul-Spiti district
They were given water and fruit juice to sustain themselves.
Spiti valley of Lahaul-Spiti district
The district administration on night of October 20 received a phone call that 17 tourists had left Manali for Spiti via Chandratal lake but their family members are not able to contact them for three days.
Lahaul-Spiti district
The exhausted tourists were then taken to Losar village in vehicles of administration, local youths and Army where they were given warm meal and tea.
Tourists stranded in Lahaul-Spiti
Local women self-help groups arrange meals and tea for tourists and the rescue team