KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
More than 10 Army troopers have been reported missing Wednesday after an avalanche hit the Siachen Glacier in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Ten army men, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), are missing after an avalanche hit their patrol at 19,000 feet above the sea level in southern side of the Siachin Glacier early Wednesday,” Colonel S D Goswami, spokesperson of army’s Udhampur headquartered northern command, was quoted by a news gathering agency.
He said that massive rescue operation has been started by the army and Indian Air Force.
