Kerala priest drives 300km to Joshimath with relief items, dies just before reaching destination

A Malayali priest, who was on his way to disaster-hit Joshimath died on Thursday after his vehicle fell into a gorge. Father Melvin Abraham Pallithazhathu (37), a native of Chakkittapara in Kerala's Kozhikode, was attached to the Diocese of Bijnor. He travelled nearly 300 km from Uttarakhand's Kotdwar to Joshimath with the relief materials.

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