Avalanche hits army post in J&K, soldiers missing

IANS  |  Jammu 

Two out of the five army soldiers buried under an avalanche in region of were rescued on Thursday while three were still missing, officials said.

The Udhampur headquartered northern command said: "Unprecedented snowfall triggers multiple avalanches, a post in Batalik sector buried, two out of five rescued, rescue operation in progress".

--IANS

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Avalanche hits army post in J&K, soldiers missing

Two out of the five army soldiers buried under an avalanche in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir were rescued on Thursday while three were still missing, officials said.

Two out of the five army soldiers buried under an avalanche in region of were rescued on Thursday while three were still missing, officials said.

The Udhampur headquartered northern command said: "Unprecedented snowfall triggers multiple avalanches, a post in Batalik sector buried, two out of five rescued, rescue operation in progress".

--IANS

sq/ahm/bg

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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