New Delhi: A snow avalanche has hit the popular hill station of Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir today. No casualties have been reported so far. According to reports, the avalanche occurred near Baltal area in Sonamarg.Cold conditions intensified in Kashmir as the minimum temperature dipped several degrees below the freezing point.Three laborers buried in snow, one dead in Sonamarg blizzard at Jammu and Kashmir.
The IMD on Wednesday predicted that Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh will experience “light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/snowfall” on January 12 and 13.Last year in November, three Army personnel were killed after an avalanche struck them in the Machil sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Three laborers were buried in snow after an avalanche near Baltal and Zojila in Sonamarg area of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. Now one of the three is said to have died.
Three laborers were buried in snow after an avalanche near Baltal and Zojila in Sonamarg area of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir . Now one of the three is said to have died. A dead body of a laborer was removed from the snow. No information has been found about him. Rescue operations are underway for the remaining two workers. Officials said the avalanche occurred in Sarbal area of Neelgrath.
Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) is working on the Zojila tunnel in the area. The body of one of the three workers was recovered from the avalanche site and shifted to a nearby hospital. Rescue operation is underway by teams of Police, SDRF, Army, Beacons and MEIL. Clearing the snow-filled area at the site of the avalanche.
Ambulance and medical teams are also on the spot. The mountains, which are usually covered with white snow, are a special attraction for tourists. But sometimes such dangerous incidents happen, officials said.
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