A 41-member team of mountaineers was returning after climbing the peak when they were hit by the avalanche on Tuesday. Kanswal worked as an instructor at NIM and had accompanied the team of trainee climbers to Draupadi Ka Danda-II. As the news of her demise broke, there was an outpouring of grief in her Lonthru village in the district. Uttarakhand Avalanche: Savita Kanswal, Record-Setter Mountaineer Who Scaled Mount Everest, Among Those Killed in Uttarkashi Tragedy.
A group of 28 trainee mountaineers are trapped in an avalanche at Draupadi Ka Danda peak in Uttarkashi district, prompting CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to seek the Army s help to expedite rescue operations