<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div class="yj6qo" style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Over 150 stranded Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims in Nepal have been evacuated.  </span></div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">After resumption of flights due to improving weather conditions 158 pilgrims evacuated from Simikot to Nepalgunj today. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Similarly, around 200 pilgrims brought to Simikot from Hilsa by helicopters. Two dead bodies have also been airlifted from Simikot to Kathmandu and Nepalgunj. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Embassy of India operated special helicopters to bring dead bodies of Leela Narayanan Mandredath of Kerala and Satya Lakshmi Narayana Subba Rao Grandhi Veera Venkata of Andhra Pradesh. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Ms. Mandredath died in Simikot on Monday morning, possibly due to High Altitude Sickness, while the second person succumbed to Heart Attack in Tibet. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Mission is providing all necessary assistance for an early repatriation of bodies to India. More than 1500 pilgrims were stranded on Nepalganj-Simikot-Hilsa route of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra since Saturday due to bad weather.</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"> The Indian Embassy is continuously monitoring the situation. The Mission is already in touch with Nepal Army, which has kept a helicopter in the state of readiness to operate as and when the weather improves. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Embassy, in liaison with civil authorities, is also providing medical facilities to stranded pilgrims. A four-member team is being sent to Simikot and Hilsa to set up camp offices for assistance to stranded pilgrims. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Embassy has said that situation continues to be under control and there is no need to panic.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="font-size: 12.8px;"></div></div></div></div></div>