IAF airlifts over 700 stranded passengers between J&K and Ladakh
While 514 passengers were airlifted from Jammu to Leh in two sorties of IL-76, 223 persons were flown from Srinagar to Leh in another sortie, the official said.
With this, a total of 1,251 persons were airlifted between Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh this week.
Earlier on Monday, 331 passengers were airlifted in separate sorties of AN-32, also known as Kargil courier, by the IAF between Jammu and Kashmir to Kargil.
The Kargil courier was launched by the IAF on January 22 following closure of 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway owing to heavy snowfall.
The Kargil courier service operates three days a week between Jammu and Srinagar, and twice a week between Srinagar and Kargil to facilitate the stranded passengers.
The passengers have expressed their gratitude to all authorities, particularly the IAF, for facilitating their movement.
Source (PTI)
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