more-inIn the face of inclement weather, the Army’s rescue team on Saturday saved five of its soldiers trapped under snow near a post on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. With more than 8 ft of accumulated snow, the traditional narrow pathways were overtaken by snow sheaths. The soldiers apparently were trudging on solid blankets of snow, which is hardened by freezing temperatures that go down to minus 20 degrees. Sources said the soldiers fell in a crevice when the path caved in, burying all of them. A well-equipped local Army team, with high-end gadgets, rushed to the area and carried out operation to locate the trapped soldiers.

Source: The Hindu January 28, 2017 19:18 UTC