Rescue groups are searching for seven personnel of the Indian Army, who’ve gone lacking after an avalanche struck Arunachal Pradesh’s Kameng sector on Sunday, the power mentioned on Monday.
The Army mentioned that seven personnel “part of a patrol are reported to have been struck by an avalanche in the high-altitude area of the Kameng sector”. “Search and rescue operations are at present underway. Specialized groups have been airlifted to help in rescue operations,” it mentioned.
The Army additionally mentioned the world had been witnessing inclement climate with heavy snowfall for the previous few days.
Patrolling in high-altitude areas within the winter months could be tough, and the Army has misplaced troopers in such incidents earlier. In May 2020, two Army troopers who have been a part of a patrol-cum-snow-clearing get together died after they have been caught in an avalanche in Sikkim.
In October final 12 months 5 Navy personnel have been caught in an avalanche on Mt Trishul in Uttarakhand, the place they’d gone for an expedition. Their stays have been recovered later. In February 2020, the federal government knowledgeable Parliament that six Army personnel had died resulting from avalanches and snow-slides within the Siachen Glacier in 2019, whereas 11 others have been killed in comparable incidents elsewhere.
The authorities had mentioned that each one armed forces personnel inducted into “high-altitude regions are provided adequate training in mountain craft, ice craft and survival in glaciated terrain in mountains, and in coping with any eventuality like avalanches” and that also they are “taught to handle medical emergencies”.
They are “suitably equipped to undertake the operational challenges” and use trendy tools like helicopters, unmanned aerial automobiles, snow scooters, avalanche detectors, and mountain clothes.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
