KARGIL : A massive rescue operation was going on to trace a soldier who was buried alive under a snow avalanche in this border town of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir on March 17.
Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel N N Joshi said an avalanche, triggered by a mild earthquake, hit an Army Post located at an altitude of 17,500 feet in this Sector of Jammu and Kashmir at about 2245 hrs on March 17, 2016.
He said two soldiers who were on surveillance duty were washed away in the avalanche. Immediate rescue operations were launched in which one soldier could be rescued, while the second soldier is still missing.
The rescued soldier is medically stable and is recovering. Rescue operations to rescue the missing soldier are currently on in spite of the adverse weather conditions, he said. (AGENCIES)
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