Indian authorities resumed rescue operations in the state of Sikkim on Wednesdayin northern India, which was hit by an avalanche of snow on Tuesday, April 4, in which seven tourists died and another 20 people had to be rescued.
Operations resumed this morning at 8:00 a.m. (+4:30 GMT) after rescue teams were forced to leave the area yesterday evening due to inclement weather, he explained to EFE a Sikkim Disaster Management officer, Bijayata Kharel.
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The source indicated that it was decided to continue with the operation today in case there was still someone missing.despite the fact that he assured that everything points to the fact that “there is no missing tourist” to be found.
So far, the authorities managed to rescue 20 people alive, while another seven died, as reported yesterday on Twitter by the Indian Army, which was in charge of the rescue mission together with the Sikkim Disaster Management forces and the Police.
The avalanche took place near the border area of Nathula, a pass at more than 4,000 meters of altitude that connects Indian Sikkim with neighboring China and is highly frequented by tourists.
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The Indian Army shared images of the rescue operations, with members of the security forces and local inhabitants digging up people buried by the snow avalanche on a hillside with shovels.
In one of the videos, military personnel carry an apparently unconscious young woman into an ambulance.
In one of the worst events of its kind in India, more than fifty people died in February 2021 in an avalanche that swept through a valley in the Indian Himalayas, as a great mass of snow melted on the crest of Nanda Devi, one of the highest mountains in that part of the range.
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