5 Navy personnel missing as avalanche hits Uttarakhand’s Mt Trishul

Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 1 Five members of a mountaineering expedition team of the Indian Navy went missing on Friday following an avalanche at Mt Trishul in the western Kumaun region of Uttarakhand. Navy officials said a multi-agency...

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Updated At : 10:12 PM Oct 01, 2021 IST

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 1

Five members of a mountaineering expedition team of the Indian Navy went missing on Friday following an avalanche at Mt Trishul in the western Kumaun region of Uttarakhand.

Navy officials said a multi-agency team, including the Army, Air Force and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), has been deployed to carry out a search and rescue operation for the missing personnel.

The 20-member expedition was flagged off at Mumbai on September 3 and 10 climbers had started the final leg of their journey to the summit this morning but were caught in the avalanche, they said.

“While five of the 10 climbers are safe, search and rescue operations for the remaining five personnel is in progress in coordination with the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and SDRF,” the officials said.

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