visakhapatnamvijayawada about 2000 pilgrims from the state have been left stranded for the last two days near gangotri in uttarakhand following landslips on the ghat road the state government on sunday took up the issue with uttarakhand government which promised to extend all help to the stranded pilgrims union minister of state for tourism chiranjeevi and state tourism minister vatti vasant kumar spoke to senior officials in uttarakhand urging them to provide shelter and food to the pilgrims the pilgrims from ap were travelling in about 300 buses when landslips held them up midway most of them hail from krishna east godavari west godavari visakhapatnam and nalgonda districts k ramesh a stranded pilgrim from visakhapatnam told toi over phone that travel agents were the only ones working the phones and trying their best to get help but none from any government department had come to enquire about their plight he said they would soon be out of food and even charging cellphones would no longer be possible there is no light water and food there is no information from authorities about the road condition and when the journey would be restored k sundara rao a pilgrim of vijayawada told toi over phone from dersi near uttar kasi in uttaranchal the pilgrims from across various states originally went to take part in the saraswathi river puskaram and later linked the visit to other holy rivers in north the pilgrims wanted to visit gangotri before winding up their journey from delhi on june 18 we have return train reservations from delhi for june 18 we request the authorities to help us in reaching delhi before june 18 we do not want to go ahead to gangotri mahalakshmamma another pilgrim said in a choked voice vasavi an msc student from eluru in west godavari district said that due to continuous rains in the thick forest area where they were stranded since afternoon of saturday june15 about 5 km before uttara kasi many of the pilgrims were suffering from health ailments and respiratory problems except a revenue subinspector level officer none of the government officers has visited our area so far the officer told us that the road connection will be restored by tomorrow noon we are worried about how can we pass this night in the extreme weather conditions vasavi told this correspondent though travel operators reportedly made arrangements for food the shortage of drinking water and lack of toilets had become a major trouble sources said the hillforest route witnessed heavy landslide three days ago affecting road traffic