NEW TEHRI: A 28-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh died after falling into a gorge while taking a selfie on the Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said on Wednesday.
The woman, Priyanka, a resident of Moradabad, was returning from Kedarnath to Rishikesh in a car on Tuesday. She stopped to take selfie near Kaudiyala area and fell into the gorge at around 8 pm, SDRF in-charge (Dhalwala) Kavindra Sajwan said.
The official said a rescue operation was immediately launched, but the body could only be traced on Wednesday due to the darkness.
Last month, a 29-year-old man from Delhi had fallen off a cliff near Totaghati temple in Tehri district. The man, identified as Dilip Mandal, and his two friends were on the way to Kedarnath shrine when the incident took place.