The death toll of pilgrims coming on ‘Char Dham yatra’ continues to rise as four more people succumbed to the inhospitable climate of Kedarnath on Thursday.
All four deceased were over 60 years of age, said Rudraprayag Chief Medical Officer B.K. Shukla.
They were identified as Nandu, 65, from Nalanda in Bihar, Haridwar Tiwari, 62, from Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh, Ram Narayan Tripathi, 65, from Lucknow, and Hemraj Soni, 61, from Bara in Rajasthan.