A helicopter carrying five pilgrims to the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand crashed in the early hours of June 15 due to poor visibility, killing everyone on board.
The pilot and an employee of the Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee also died in the accident, which took place above Gaurikund forest.
The deceased hailed from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said in a post on X that the State Disaster Response Force and other agencies are engaged in relief and rescue operations.
The chopper crash comes days after an Air India flight to London crashed in Ahmedbad, killing 241 people on board and several others on the ground.
-On May 8, a helicopter going to Gangotri Dham crashed in Uttarkashi district in which six people were killed.