Baramulla: Today morning 3 teams comprising 21 Foreign nationals and 2 local guides went to Affarwat Gulmarg for skiing. At about 12.30 pm a massive avalanche hit Hapatkhud Kangdori where these skiing teams got trapped.
On receiving the information Baramulla police mobilized joint rescue teams of JKP and the tourism department and they reached the “site of the avalanche.
During the rescue ops, 19 foreign nationals and 2 local guides have been rescued. Unfortunately, 2 foreign nationals lost their lives in the avalanche, and their “dead bodies have also been recovered, which have been shifted to hospital for Medico legal procedures.
Senior police officers are at the site monitoring the rescue ops.