12 years after he was stuck in Kedar, student survives Dharali

Amritansh Kumar, who as a nine-year-old narrowly escaped the 2013 Kedarnath floods, faced a similar ordeal recently. Twelve years ago, his family was trapped near Chopta for two weeks after the Kedarnath floods. Now 21, Amritansh found himself caught in a flash flood near Dharali during a bike trip to Gangotri, highlighting the region’s continued vulnerability to natural disasters.