Indian Army rescues 95 tourists, shepherds stranded in Ladakh
They were stranded due to bad weather on Wednesday, when avalanches and landslides hit the area.
They were stranded due to bad weather on Wednesday, when avalanches and landslides hit the area.
Informing about this, Chief Secretary BK Agarwal said government had sent two teams to help shepherds who were stranded due to poor road conditions and early snowfall in September.
The Kangra district officials conducted an aerial survey, including over the Thamsar Pass, Jalsu and Khalihani Pass, to search for people stranded, but no one was spotted.
Over 500 shepherds from different districts of Himachal, who took their flocks of sheep (over one lakh) and around 500 horses, for grazing in sprawling green pastures of Bara Banghal are stranded.
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