Indian Air Force (IAF) Chinook and Mi-17 helicopters will participate in an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) drill on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir. This marks the first such exercise in the region. The 3.5-km emergency landing strip at Wanpoh-Sangam was completed last year as part of a collaboration between the IAF and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The drill aims to demonstrate coordination between civil agencies and the IAF.
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Forty-one labourers, trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days, have been rescued. The breakthrough came after rat-miners were brought in last evening and manually dug the last stretch.
Forty-one labourers, trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days, are expected to be evacuated shortly. The breakthrough came after "rat miners" were brought in around 7 last evening. They have to manually dig the last stretch of 12 meters.