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IAF airlifts 71 persons from flash flood-hit Leh | As part of the ongoing rescue operations in flash flood ravaged Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Air Force airlifted 71 injured people on Tuesday
to Udhampur base in the Jammu region. The injured, including 24 civilians and
47 security personnel, were brought in an IL-76 aircraft and sent to different
hospitals for specialised treatment in the district. The Army, Air Force and paramilitary
personnel have been carrying out rescue operations and providing relief to the
people in Ladakh after the region was ravaged by a sudden cloudburst resulting
in flash floods on Friday (August 6). Group Capitan P. M. Vithalkar, Station Commander,
Udhampur Air Base said: "The aircraft has arrived here from Leh and brought along
with it a total of 71 people on board. This includes 24 casualties both lying
as well as sitting, and Army casualties. The aircraft would be loaded with bridging
equipments of approximately 22 tonnes." According to officials, 47 security personnel
were sent to Command Hospital at Udhampur, while 24 civilians were rushed to Government
Medical Share College hospital in Jammu . Over 6,000 soldiers are conducting rescue
and relief work in the region. Indian Air Force helicopters have airdropped and
distributed food, drinking water, and other aid materials to remote villages that
have been completely cut off from the rest of the state. Residents have been facing
hardship as many villages have been completely flattened by the turbulent rivers
of mud. Media reports say that around 147 people have been so far declared dead
and nearly 500 people are still missing. |
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