<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The rescue operation to evacuate stranded Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims in Nepal has been completed successfully with the remaining 160 pilgrims from Simikot and Hilsa airlifted this morning. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Our correspondent reports that in a massive exercise undertaken by the Embassy of India in the last five days more than 1400 pilgrims were safely evacuated from Simikot. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Over 80 commercial flights and more than 150 sorties of chopper were made to airlift stranded pilgrims. The Indian Embassy continuously monitored the situation.</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in constant touch with the MEA and other top officials. The Nepal Army, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Indian Railways also provided valuable support in the evacuation.</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Though the situation is back to normal but an MI 16 helicopter has been kept on a standby in Simikot to deal with any exigency.</div>''<div class="m_-8368787684368891317gmail-adL adL" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br />''</div>