Leh cloudburst: IAF brings 73 injured from Leh to Udhampur

Over 70 people, including 49 security personnel, injured in the cloudburst were today air lifted by IAF from Leh to here for specialised treatment, a senior IAF officer said here.

73 people, who were injured at different places due to cloudburst, were brought here in a IL-76 from Leh this morning, group captain of IAF PM Vithalkar said.

The flight carrying the injured landed at the air field here at 0915 hours this morning, he said.

From the air field here, the injured were sent to different hospitals for specialised treatment in waiting ambulances, officials said, adding while 49 security personnel have been sent to Command Hospital at Udhampur, 24 civilians were rushed to Government Medical College hospital in Jammu.