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.