5 Indian Navy mountaineers go missing after avalanche hits Uttarakhand
The Hindu
A combined team of Indian Army, Air Force and the State Disaster Response Force assisted by a helicopter are engaged in rescue operations
Five mountaineers of the Indian Navy and one porter went missing early on Friday after getting caught in an avalanche when they were about to reach the peak of Mount Trishul in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district, officials said.
A rescue team from Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) led by its principal Colonel Amit Bisht has left for the avalanche-hit area in search of the missing, a statement from NIM, quoting Col. Bisht, said.
The team of rescuers has reached up to Joshimath but bad weather is impeding their progress, the statement said.
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