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#GoodNews: Girl Lost in Kedarnath Floods Reunited With Family

Chanchal had gone to Kedarnath on a pilgrimage with her parents when the tragedy struck, sweeping away her father. 

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Chanchal had gone to Kedarnath on a pilgrimage with her parents when the tragedy struck, sweeping away her father. 

In a fairy tale ending of a real-life story, a 17-year-old mentally challenged girl who had gone missing in Kedarnath during the 2013 deluge has been reunited with her family in Aligarh after five years.

Elated over the return of their long-lost granddaughter Chanchal, her grandparents Harish Chand and Shakuntla Devi, residents of Bannadevi locality, said, "This reunion is nothing short of a miracle."

Chanchal had gone to Kedarnath on a pilgrimage with her parents when the tragedy struck, sweeping away her father, while her mother returned home after some time, Harish Chand told media persons on Monday, 24 December.

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Chanchal, then 12, was feared dead but some good Samaritans handed her over to an orphanage in Jammu, said director Gyanendra Mishra of NGO Childline Aligarh, which helped in bringing the girl home.

For the last few months, the orphanage management had been observing that the girl often tried to communicate something about Aligarh city, through her limited verbal skills, Mishra said.

They somehow got in touch with Aligarh city legislator Sanjiv Raja, who then took Mishra's assistance. Mishra, in turn, managed to identify the family of the lost girl with the help of police, and reunited her with them.

Chachal still misses her late father Rajesh and keeps remembering him, Harish Chand said.

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