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  • Amarnath cloudburst: Military engages high-tech apparatus to rescue pilgrims

    Through PTI

    SRINAGAR: In one of the most main peacetime rescue operations, the Indian Military has deployed males and equipment together with the newest apparatus to rescue the Amarnath pilgrims who have been injured within the flash flood caused by way of heavy rain, an Military authentic mentioned right here on Saturday.

    The rescue group rushed to the web page once they were given the details about casualties within the cloudburst that happened on Friday night time, the authentic mentioned.

    He mentioned an infantry battalion led by way of a Colonel at the side of Fast Response Groups, an extra corporate of body of workers from the Rashtriya Rifles Sector and a group from particular forces reached the holy cave at the side of specialised rescue apparatus to adopt the operation.

    “In the course of the night time, the senior Military officials of the infantry battalion and Rashtriya Rifles oversaw and coordinated rescue operations from the cave and Nilgrar. Scientific assets on the cave and at Nilgrar have been activated and further assets deployed,” the authentic mentioned.

    He mentioned 9 surveillance detachments with hand held thermal imagers, night time imaginative and prescient gadgets and different units have been deployed for the hunt operations.

    “Two complicated gentle helicopters (ALHs) have been moved for casualty evacuation on the holy cave. Alternatively, owing to unhealthy climate, night time touchdown on the cave was once unsuccessful. Two Via Wall Radars and two Seek And Rescue canine squads have been additionally moved to the cave for the rescue operation,” he added.

    Giving main points of the evacuations, the authentic mentioned the hunt, rescue and clinical effort persevered at crack of dawn.

    “At 6.45 am, the primary ALH landed on the web page to begin evacuation of the injured. A complete of 15 our bodies and 63 injured yatris had been taken out. Each Military and Civilian helicopters are wearing out relentless sorties to evacuate the injured and the lifeless,” he mentioned.

    “A complete of 28 sufferers had been evacuated from the cave to complicated dressing station Nilagrar. After stabilising, 11 have additional been moved to SKIMS Srinagar in civil helicopters for remedy,” he added.

    The our bodies had been moved from the cave to Nilagrar whilst stranded yatris are being escorted by way of the Indian Military body of workers as much as Baltal, for the reason that monitor is slushy and slippery.

    “Concurrently seek was once additionally commenced at crack of dawn at Amarnath Nar at Sangam for any imaginable casualties,” the authentic mentioned.

    Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen ADS Aujla and Main Basic Sanjiv Singh Slaria, GOC of counter insurgency Kilo Pressure visited the Holy Cave early on Saturday to check the rescue and clinical efforts being undertaken by way of the Indian Military.

    The GOC Chinar Corps additionally interacted with the yatris and locals and confident of all imaginable assist from the Military.

  • Stampede-like state of affairs, large go with the flow of water: Rescued Amarnath pilgrims narrate scary reviews of witnessing cloudburst

    By means of ANI

    SRINAGAR: Pilgrims who controlled to succeed in Sonamarg’s Baltal base camp from Amarnath holy cave after it was once hit via the cloudburst narrated their harrowing reviews.

    Deepak Chouhan, a pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi advised ANI, “A stampede-like state of affairs came about there, however Military supported so much. Many pandals have been washed away because of the water.”

    Any other pilgrim Sumit from Maharashtra mentioned, “the floods induced via the cloudburst carried a lot of stones with it. We have been two kilometres clear of the cloudburst website online”

    Any other pilgrim mentioned, “When the cloudburst happened, shall we now not consider it. After some time, we best noticed water and water. We have been a bunch of 7 to 8 folks, via Bholenath’s grace, all of us were given stored. Alternatively, all of us had a harrowing enjoy as we witnessed folks and baggage swept away with the water.”

    “Inside of 10 mins of the cloudburst, 8 casualties have been reported. The water carried a lot of stones with it. There have been roughly 15,000 pilgrims who got here for the pilgrims. The pilgrims endured to come back in spite of heavy rains,” he added.

    Previous on Saturday, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troops carried out a rescue operation early on Saturday, mentioned ITBP.

    Previous on Friday, 13 folks have been killed and over 48 others injured when a cloudburst struck the world close to the holy shrine of Amarnath, mentioned Dr A Shah, Leader Clinical Officer Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir.

    As of now, the entire injured sufferers are being looked after in any respect 3 base hospitals: Higher Holy Cave, Decrease Holy Cave, Panjtarni and different close by amenities en path to the holy cave via the well being care employees deputed at those stations.

    A cloudburst incident happened on the holy cave space of Amarnath on Friday which ended in a heavy discharge of water within the ‘Nallah’, adjacent the holy cave.

    In step with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officers, the cloud burst came about on the decrease holy cave (Amarnath) at round 5.30 PM and the rescue groups rushed to the spot.