The Central Government is extending all assistance, as sought by the State Governments for the rescue and relief operations in flood affected areas of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had a telephonic conversation with the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and assured all possible support to him. Home Secretary R.K Singh is also in touch with the Chief Secretary of the state.

According to an official release, two additional teams of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) have reached Kedarnath today and have started relief and rescue operations and 72 persons have been rescued. One team of NDRF is in Sangla and the other team is on way to Po to assist the district administration in relief work. On the request of state government and Defence Ministry, helicopters have been made available and 50 pilgrims have been rescued from Kedarnath and brought to Gupt Kashi. Thirty four persons have lost their lives in different parts of Uttarakhand so far.