Jammu. After the winter months, there is heavy snowfall in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh. Many tourists and local citizens who had come to visit the mountains were trapped in heavy snowfall on Saturday. Indian Air Force (IAF) evacuated 328 people stranded at different places to safe places.
Giving information, the Air Force said that people stranded at high altitude were evacuated in three flights. According to the Air Force, since its launch on January 22, a total of 3,442 people have been rescued by air under the ‘Kargil Courier’ service by the Indian Air Force in coordination with the civil administration. Meanwhile, the 434 km long Srinagar-Leh national highway has been closed due to heavy snowfall.
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The official said, ‘Two aircraft of the Air Force’s ‘Kargil Courier’ service rescued 328 passengers by air on Saturday, while 144 passengers were airlifted from Srinagar to Kargil through three flights of AN-32, while 12 passengers were airlifted to Kargil. Was taken to Srinagar from. He said that similarly, 164 passengers availed this service by traveling from Jammu to Kargil in three flights and eight passengers traveled from Kargil to Jammu.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 23, 2024, 23:27 IST