8 personnel have been awarded the PMG for gallant act, meticulous planning and tactical insightfulness and for defending the motherland in Galwan Nalla on June 15, 2020.
"River is blocked and only 10-15 per cent water is discharging currently. Villages have been evacuated and a helicopter has been deployed for aerial survey," Sudesh Kumar Mokta, Director of Disaster Management said.
A Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus, which along with other vehicles, was buried under the debris, has been found badly damaged, So far, 13 people have been rescued
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Of the 430 workers, 384 have returned to the ITBP and Army camps in the area so far
Eight are dead, seven injured have been rescued while 31 are missing
The injured were rescued in helicopters and flown to the Army hospital in Joshimath
Gopeshwar: It has been more than 12 hours after an avalanche has hit the areas north of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, eight bodies have been recovered, an unspecified number of persons are still missing while the Indian Army has, so far, rescued 384 people and six of them are critical.
Eight Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers were killed, seven injured and 31 went missing in an avalanche near the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district, officials said on Saturday (April 24).
by Swarajya Staff - Feb 19, 2021 03:02 AM
An Indian Army soldier keeps a vigil at Bumla pass at the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh. Photo credit: BIJU BORO/AFP/GettyImages
In a bid to improve patrolling along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, the government has approved the building of 18 border patrol foot tracks in accordance with the proposal from a committee of Union Ministry of Home Affairs, reports
Economic Times.
The 18 border foot tracks will cover an area of 600 km and will be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,162 crore. This would enhance the patrolling capabilities of the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and will also help in infrastructure development in inaccessible areas adjoining China.