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India: 120 stranded passengers airlifted from snow-sure Kanzalwan in J&K

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The Border Roads Group (BRO) has began a giant clearance effort within the home plagued by the snow.

The Bandipora district administration on Sunday (March 17) arranged particular air sorties for 120 passengers who like been caught within the snow-sure Kanzalwan home of the Gurez sector within the Bandipora district of North Kashmir.

A minimal of 60 passengers like been airlifted from Bandipora to Kanzalwan and 60 from Kanzalwan to Bandipora, acknowledged an first rate in step with news company ANI.

The Bandipora-Gurez road in India’s Jammu and Kashmir used to be blocked on Sunday due to several snow avalanches.

The Border Roads Group (BRO) has began a giant clearance effort within the home plagued by the snow.

#WATCH | J&K: The District Administration Bandipora arranged particular air sorties for 120 stranded passengers from snow Sure Kanzalwan home of the Gurez sector in north Kashmiri’s Bandipora district.

Giving well-known parts, an first rate informed that 60 passengers like been airlifted from… pic.twitter.com/0ymAbAZJuu

— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2024

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In a identical incident earlier this month, a crew of seven trekkers who like been stranded at Mughal Highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district due to avalanches and heavy snowstorm like been safely rescued, acknowledged the officials.

The rescue operation used to be implemented by a crew of officials from the mechanical engineering flit of the Public Works division.

Snow clearance operation reaches excellent stage at Zoji La Trail in Kargil: BRO

Within the intervening time, BRO on Sunday acknowledged that the snow clearance operation used to be in its final stage at the Zoji La Trail in Kargil district.

The Zoji La Trail connects Kashmir with Ladakh and is a high mountain circulation within the Himalayas.

It is within the Kargil district of the Indian Union territory of Ladakh.

The circulation, which is positioned within the Dras subdivision, connects the Kashmir Valley to its west with the Dras and Suru valleys to its northeast and the Indus Valley additional east.

(With inputs from companies)

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