17 killed as avalanche hits Army camp
17 Army men, including a young officer Lt Prateek, were killed as two avalanches hit army establishments in Sonamarg and Davar. An acclimatisation camp was going on at the High Altitude Warfare School, few kilometers away from Gulmarg. Many soldiers were still reported missing.
Bad weather is obstructing the rescue operations as no helicopter has been able to reach the afflicted area. The Army personnel are physically involved in the Search and Rescue operations even as mercury continued to plummet further. The avalanche was so strong that it destroyed even the permanent structures and inflicting heavy casualty.
unlike siachen the others parts of J&K which are equally rather more harsh do not get attention of both army and the civil authorities.
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and what DRDO is doing these days? they have enough equipment and expertise to predict such disasters. When army makes permanent shelters why a prior study of climatological balance of that area is not carried out?
how many more coffins are needed to review our policies?