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Army soldiers have taken over the work of removing snow in Hemkund Sahib located in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. The doors of the four dham of the state have been opened. Now people are waiting for the opening of the doors of Hemkund Sahib and Lokpal Laxman Temple. Preparations are being made to open the kapat, but snow from Ghangharia to Hemkund is frozen from the base camp of Hemkund Yatra, where snow is seen for about 3 km away.
There is a lot of difficulties in removing this ice, where the changing weather remains the biggest problem in it. In such a situation, more than 7 feet of snow has been frozen in the Hemkund Sahib Gurdwara. To remove this ice, the army has taken a front, which is engaged in the work of removing ice and is living in Hemkund. Snow is spread here up to 3 km away.
12 servants are doing work to remove snow
The first floor and Lokpal Laxman Temple of Gurudwara is completely covered with snow. Along with this, the lake is also covered with a sheet of ice. In such a situation, 22 army personnel and officers are engaged in Hemkund to remove snow before opening the doors. Along with this, 12 sevadars are working to remove ice in Hemkund Marg from April 20.
Army personnel divided into two groups to remove ice
This iceberg is 200 meters long and 15 feet high. In such a situation, for army soldiers who are the most difficult tasks. That is to cut the inguinal iceberg. So far, the army soldier has removed the ice from the old shortcut walking of a long ladder in Hemkund Sahib. Now army personnel are dividing in two groups for snow removal work. One of these groups is removing snow from Hemkund Sahib Gurdwara. At the same time, Laxman is also working to remove ice from the temple. Apart from this, the second group of the army is trying to remove ice from the walk from Hemkund to Atlakoti area.