The Army rescued round four hundred travelers once they were given stranded following heavy blizzard in Sikkim and later furnished emergency help, inclusive of hospital treatment and food, defence reassets stated on Sunday.
Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat stated that round four hundred travelers, inclusive of 142 girls and 50 children, touring about in one hundred motors were given stranded overdue on Saturday afternoon whilst getting back from Natu La and Tsomgo (Changgu) Lake in Sikkim.
Army squaddies of Trishakti Corps, stated the spokesperson, in collaboration with police and civil management right now got here into movement and released the rescue mission “Operation Himrahat”.
“The remedy and rescue operations endured via overdue on Saturday night. The travelers have been moved to secure regions and furnished shelter, heat clothing, clinical resource and warm meals. The troops organized lodging for the live of all of the travelers,” Lt Col Rawat stated.
He stated that on Sunday morning, the street establishing changed into taken up with help of the Army`s General Reserve Engineering Force dozers and with the aid of using nine am the street changed into cleared to allow motion of the motors to Gangtok.
The short response with the aid of using the troops ensured early clearance of street to allow motion of motors to Gangtok.