A 45-year-old woman pilgrim from Birat in Nepal died after falling into a gorge on the Kedarnath-Gaurikund route in Uttarakhand Friday evening. The victim, Jirwa Koirin, was returning from Kedarnath when she was struck by a mule on the way and lost balance. NDRF and SDRF teams pulled out the body and handed it over to cops. Rudraprayag’s disaster management officer, Nandan Singh Rajwar, said the same trek route is also used by the mules, and hence, the trekking area gets a bit congested.
After the monsoon season, pilgrims in large numbers have started visiting Kedarnath, with the majority taking the trek route to reach the shrine.
