Fresh snowfall in Chattergul area of south Kashmir’s Islamabad district on Thursday forced the rescue team to suspend the operation to recover the body of the third person who was buried under a snow avalanche last week.
Official sources told this correspondent that fresh snowfall forced the rescue team of Army’s 19 RR and police to suspend the operation on the tenth day to recover the body of Javed Ahmed Koka, son of Abdul Gani Koka, who was buried alive along with two other people, when a snow avalanche struck Thimran forest area on Tuesday last week. The operation, they said will be resumed with the improvement in the weather conditions.
“The rescue operation was suspended today due to bad weather. If weather conditions improve, the operation will be resumed tomorrow,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Islamabad, Ramesh Kumar Jalla said.
The rescue team, he said recovered the bodies of Ghulam Qadir Wani and Abdul Ahad Wani, sons of Abdul Salam Wani of Chattergul on Friday last week.
Pertinently, the trio had gone to Thimran forest area on Tuesday last week to collect the firewood when an avalanche struck the area.
Soon after the incident, the locals and police launched a rescue operation in the area to retrieve the bodies. Later, Army joined the operations
Official sources told this correspondent that fresh snowfall forced the rescue team of Army’s 19 RR and police to suspend the operation on the tenth day to recover the body of Javed Ahmed Koka, son of Abdul Gani Koka, who was buried alive along with two other people, when a snow avalanche struck Thimran forest area on Tuesday last week. The operation, they said will be resumed with the improvement in the weather conditions.
“The rescue operation was suspended today due to bad weather. If weather conditions improve, the operation will be resumed tomorrow,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Islamabad, Ramesh Kumar Jalla said.
The rescue team, he said recovered the bodies of Ghulam Qadir Wani and Abdul Ahad Wani, sons of Abdul Salam Wani of Chattergul on Friday last week.
Pertinently, the trio had gone to Thimran forest area on Tuesday last week to collect the firewood when an avalanche struck the area.
Soon after the incident, the locals and police launched a rescue operation in the area to retrieve the bodies. Later, Army joined the operations
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