Ten Army soldiers were trapped under snow in the early hours on Wednesday after an avalanche in Northern Siachen. A rescue operation has been launched by the Army to save the soldiers.
“The incident took place on Wednesday morning when 10 soldiers deployed in Siachen got trapped in avalanche. The operation is underway to rescue the soldiers,” Army’s Northern Command told The Indian Express.
The avalanche hit a high altitude post situated at 19000 feet in Northern Glacier sector in Ladakh region in wee hours of this morning, Defence PRO at Udhampur-based Northern Command Col S D Goswami said.
One JCO and 9 other ranks of Indian Army came under the avalanche, the PRO said.
Army said that Avalanche detectors are being used to rescue the trapped soldiers. Special teams belonging to the Army are engaged in the rescue operation.
Ten Army soldiers were trapped under snow in the early hours on Wednesday after an avalanche in Northern Siachen. A rescue operation has been launched by the Army to save the soldiers.
“The incident took place on Wednesday morning when 10 soldiers deployed in Siachen got trapped in avalanche. The operation is underway to rescue the soldiers,” Army’s Northern Command told The Indian Express.
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