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Indian -Army Rescue

The area between 17 Mile and Natu La along the Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, received very heavy snow fall on 28 December 2018. This led to 300 - 400 civil vehicles getting stranded near 17 Mile carrying close to 3000 tourists which included women, children and elderly persons, who were returning after visit to Natu La Pass along the India -China border. The Indian Army immediately swung into action to provide rescue and relief to the stranded tourists including provision of food, shelter, warm clothing and medicines. Over 2500 tourist have been been accommodated at army barracks in 17 Mile, while the balance have been lodged at 13 Mile Army Camp. Indian Army has also provided two sets of JCBs and Dozers of BRO for snow clearance and restoration of road connectivity. As per Indian Army, the evacuation operation will continue till all stranded tourists are safely moved out towards Gangtok. On December 29, 2018 at Sikkim, India. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)

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