Bodies of 3 army instructors buried under avalanche in Ladakh last year retrieved
The expedition team was hit by an avalanche on 8 October 2023 when four instructors fell into a crevasse.
The expedition team was hit by an avalanche on 8 October 2023 when four instructors fell into a crevasse.
An official statement quoting the revenue officer said that an avalanche occurred near the Tandi bridge in Lahaul subdivision. Some shops have been partially buried under it.
A joint rescue operation of the JKP and the Tourism Department helped save the lives of 19 foreign skiers and 2 local guides. Senior police officers of the district were personally supervising the rescue operations.
The workers engaged in the construction of Ladakh's tunnel on Kashmir side opening were trapped when at around 5.40 pm an avalanche struck the workshop area near village Sarbal, Sonamarg.
Officials said that the avalanche hit Jurniyal village but no damage has been reported.
The incident occurred when a snow slide struck a patrol party. Two other soldiers were rescued and shifted to the hospital.
Rescue operations are underway to rescue the trapped, all trainees of the Nehru Mountaineering Institute of Uttarkashi.
Avalanche continued to strike Kedarnath region as the devotees witnessed a snow storm on the hills of Kedarnath around 6 a.m. on Saturday. Seeing the snow storm, the devotees who reached Kedarnath got panicked.
The two soldiers of Himachal Pradesh, Ankesh Bhardwaj and Rajesh Singh were the natives of Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district and Baijnath in Kangra district respectively.
When Havildar Rajendra Singh Negi could not be found for several months he was presumed killed in action and declared a 'battle casualty' in May this year.
