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| 224 stranded passengers airlifted | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Feb 3 : The Indian Air Force (IAF) has airlifted 224 passengers stranded at different places in the Kashmir valley and Ladakh region due to closure of roads to far flung and remote areas following snowfall.
An official spokesman today said INA rescue operation yesterday 14 passengers were airlifted from Bandipora to Neeru and three passengers to Baduab near Line of Control (LoC), which remained cut off from the rest of the state due to closure of the road. He said 16 passengers were lifted from Neeru to Bandipora. Similarly, 29 passengers were airlifted from Baduab to Bandipora.
The passengers airlifted were old-aged patients, ladies and small children, the spokesman said, adding 162 passengers were airlifted in IAF AN-32 Kargil Courier.
Of these, 36 passengers were airlifted from Kargil to Jammu and 53 passengers from Jammu to Kargil.He said 29 passengers were airlifted from Kargil to Srinagar and 44 passengers from Srinagar to Kargil.
During the closure of Sonamarg-Gumri road, the IAF operates weekly Air Courier service between Kargil and Jammu every Tuesday and thrice a week between Kargil and Srinagar on every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, subject to weather.
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