Srinagar, March 6
At least 10 soldiers were killed and seven others reported missing in
avalanches in the Kargil sector today.
Official sources said that at least five soldiers were killed when
their bunker was buried under a avalanche at Kharboo on the Kargil-Leh
national highway early this morning.
In a similar incident in the Muskhoo valley in the Kargil sector,
more than 12 soldiers were buried under an avalanche near a forward
post after the area had about 8 ft of snowfall early this week.
The bodies of five soldiers were recovered while a search for the
others was on, the sources said. Helicopters and snow-clearing
vehicles had been pressed into service.
JAMMU: The Indian Air Force will airlift hundreds of persons
stranded at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir due to heavy snowfall, official
sources said on Thursday.
The move came following a telephonic conversation between Defence
Minister George Fernandes and the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed. Earlier, Minister for Employment Rigzin Zora and legislator
from Nobra Sonam Wangchuk Norbu had sought Mufti Sayeed’s
intervention in transporting 700 stranded persons.
They told the Chief Minister that there seemed to be no likelihood
of reopening of the road link to Nobra for another month or so.
One person and five head of cattle were buried alive in a landslide
in Doda district, official sources said here.
Gul Mohammad was asleep in his hut when the landslide occurred
killing him and the cattle in the Gargoo-Ramsoo area of the district
last night.
The victim’s body was recovered today.
Five houses were damaged due to incessant rain in the Surankote
hills of Poonch district. Fourteen more houses collapsed due to heavy
rain in the Mendhar, Shahpur, Darba and Degwar areas of Poonch
district yesterday, the sources. UNI, PTI
