The number of pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh missing in the Amarnath yatra cloudburst tragedy increased to 37 on Sunday evening as relatives called the authorities and informed that their kin remain untraced.
So far, 84 pilgrims from the state have been reported safe as they have contacted their relatives as well as the authorities, official sources here said.
On Sunday afternoon, the state government said only two women from Rajamahendravaram remained untraced in the Amarnath tragedy. “Subsequently, we received calls from several persons that their relatives could not be contacted after the cloudburst and flash flood near the holy cave shrine. As per the information, we now have 37 missing cases,” a senior official involved with the rescue mission said.
About 29 members in two groups from Nellore, two persons from Eluru, three of a family from Rajamahendravaram and one from Undrajavaram near Tanuku were the latest to be reported missing, in addition to the two women from Rajamahendravaram.
“My colleague and some others went to Amarnath. I spoke to her on Thursday but after that the contact has been lost,” Vasudha of Nellore said over phone.
