Death Toll In Indian Himalayas Avalanche Rises To 19
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 07, 2022 | 10:20 AM
New Delhi, Oct 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Oct, 2022 ) :At least 19 people are confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, authorities said Friday, with bad weather hampering the fourth day of search and rescue efforts.
A group of climbing trainees and instructors were caught in Tuesday's massive snowslide near the summit of Mount Draupadi ka Danda II in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
"Nineteen bodies have been recovered. 10 people are still missing," state disaster agency spokesperson Ridhim Aggarwal told AFP.
"Rescue operations have resumed for the day but are subject to weather," she added. "The weather is bad." Police, disaster authorities and the Indian air force have been mobilised to help with search efforts, with 32 people successfully rescued from the mountain despite snow and rainfall.
An advance helicopter landing ground had been prepared near the site of the avalanche at 4,900 metres (16,000 feet) above sea level, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police said Thursday.
Sunil Lalwani, one of the rescued trainee climbers, credited the instructors for saving many lives.
"We were 50-100 metres from the summit with our instructors ahead of us, when suddenly an avalanche hit us and took everyone down," Lalwani was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times on Thursday.
"It happened in a matter of seconds and we were dumped in a crevasse. We were somehow able to breathe... It's because of them that we are alive today."Among the bodies recovered earlier in the week was that of climber Savita Kanswal, who had summited Everest this year.
Kanswal was an instructor with the expedition and had been feted by the climbing community for summiting the world's highest peak and nearby Makalu in just 16 days -- a women's record.
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