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U’khand to provide GPS wristbands to trekkers
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The Times of India | 15/10/2021 08:43 AM | Click to read full article
To ensure the safety of trekkers who arrive in large numbers every year to scale peaks in Uttarakhand, the state will hand out GPS-enabled wristbands to them so they can be traced in case of a mishap.
This comes just days after members of a Navy expedition team had gone missing on Mt Trishul. Four bodies were later retrieved.