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| 2 jawans killed as avalanche hits Kupwara forward post: Sources | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 18: Two Army personnel were killed after a forward post in Naugam sector in the frontier district of Kupwara was hit by a huge snow avalanche today, official sources said here.
Defence ministry spokesman was not available to give details about the incident.
The sources said that entire Naugam sector in north Kashmir received about six to ten feet of fresh snowfall since yesterday. The authorities had issued a medium range avalanche warning in Naugam and other upper reaches, particularly near the Line of Control (LOC) because of fresh snowfall.
They said today a forward post came under a huge snow avalanche. Two army personnel present in the post were buried alive, they said adding the rescue operation could not be taken up because of bad weather.
Sources said the helicopters could not be operated because of poor visibility and snowfall. On December 16, seven army personnel were buried alive under a snow avalanche in sub sector Hanif Turtuk area of Siachan glacier. However, bodies of only six were recovered. The body of seventh soldier could not be recovered because of heavy snowfall.
On April 7 last year, 135 Pakistani soldiers were buried alive in the Siachen area on other side of the LoC. |
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