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Four jawans martyred as avalanche hits Army posts in Jammu & Kashmir

A search and rescue operation has been launched to find out the missing personnel.

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In two separate incidents, at least four jawans of the Indian Army were martyred and three are reportedly missing after an avalanche hit their post in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. A search and rescue operation has been launched to find out the missing personnel. 

The first incident occurred in the Tangdhar area of Kupwara district where four jawans were guarding a post near the Line of Control (LoC). Although rescue operations were started immediately after the incident, accumulation of at least 10 feet of snow along with extremely cold temperatures made it tough for the rescue team. After 26 hours of operations, only one soldier could be saved out of the four.

The other incident happened in the Gurez sector of Bandipora district when an Army patrol team was hit by an avalanche. It is feared that an unknown number of soldiers are trapped under the ice and attempts are being made rescue the trapped jawans. One body has been recovered. According to army sources, three soldiers are still missing here.

"Despite the best efforts of the rescue and medical teams, three military personnel died in Tangdhar sector and one army man in Gurez sector", according to an army statement. "The soldiers who were evacuated are said to have caught hypothermia. While one survived, the remaining four could not," the statement further added.

On Saturday, two army personnel were martyred in the southern Siachen Glacier region after an army patrol party at an altitude of 18,000 feet was hit by an avalanche during wee hours.

Immediately after the incident, members of the Avalanche Rescue Team rushed to the spot and engaged in an operation to rescue the personnel trapped under a thick layer of snow. A rescue chopper was also deployed in the region to spot further causes of threat.

Despite all attempts, though, two army personnel succumbed to their injuries inside the avalanche. The rest of the patrol party was, however, rescued in the operation and airlifted by helicopters to the Army Base Camp for treatment.

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