Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Apr 23: Nyoma Police and Army rescued 37 people trapped in snow.
As per police spokesman, SHO Nyoma Inspector Jamyang Tsephel and the team of Nyoma Police Station with the help of BRO team rescued 27 people including truck drivers, helpers and 2 domestic tourists who were stuck at Lachongla top due to heavy snowfall. The team helped 8 trucks to be kept aside on Lachongla top and 7 trucks were later halted at Spang.
“After rescuing all the stuck drivers, helpers and passengers, 11 drivers were kept at a roadside eatery at Spang and the rest managed to stay in their own vehicles at Spang. Three among them with bad health conditions were admitted to PHC Nyoma and medical facilities were provided to them. All the rescued people are in good health now”, the spokesman added.
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“The whole rescue operation was conducted under the supervision of SSP Leh Rajiv Pandey. The rescue operation was also very much supported by DC Leh Srikant Suse and his team of Civil Administration”, he stated.
Additional Director General of Police UT Ladakh Satish Khandare and SSP Leh Rajiv Pandey have appreciated the role of SHO Nyoma and his team for this act.
Meanwhile, Army has rescued ten civilians who were caught in heavy snowfall in Khardung La area of Ladakh region, a defence spokesman said.
The spokesman said the Siachen Brigade launched a rescue operation as soon as heavy snowfall disrupted traffic along the route from North Pullu – Khardung La Top – South Pullu, leading to civilian vehicles getting stranded near Khardung La Top and North Pullu on Wednesday.
“At a distance of five Kilometres from North Pullu towards Khardung La Top, three vehicles were stranded between snow slides and one vehicle had overturned. Indian Army detachments from North Pullu along with the Avalanche Rescue Teams cleared the snow slide and rescued eight civilians from the site”, the spokesman said.
He said after checking the health parameters of the rescued people at North Pullu, a few civilians who were from nearby Khardung Village were dropped off to their respective houses and the remainder were accommodated at Khalsar.
“At Khardung La Top, a total of 10 civilians were rescued. They were provided immediate first aid and medical screening was carried out to check their vitals”, he added.
The spokesman said one Scorpio, one civil gypsy and a mini bus were also retrieved.
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