
The incident took place at Sadhna Top in Tangdhar area (Representational)
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2 rescued of the 9 who went missing after being hit by an avalanche
Police, army, state disaster response force carrying out rescue ops
Border Roads personnel hit by avalanche dies as no doctors were available
Seven people are still said to be missing.
The incident took place at Sadhna Top in Tangdhar area of the district around 4 pm. The missing people were reportedly on their way from Kupwara to Karnah in a Tata Sumo.
A Border Roads Organisation personnel, who was also hit by an avalanche in the same area, was recovered but could not be revived as there was no doctor available at the avalanche site, say sources.
Rescue operations will be extremely difficult due to the dark and temperature being several degrees below zero.
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