5 more bodies airlifted to ITBP camp in Matli

Five more bodies were airlifted to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in Uttarkashi’s Matli on Monday. According to the officials, so far, a total of 26 bodies have been airlifted from Droupadi’s Danda II mountain peak which was hit by a huge avalanche on the morning of October 4. “Five more bodies have been airlifted to ITBP camp in Matli, today. A total of 26 dead bodies have been airlifted from mount Draupadi Ka Danda-2 till now,” the ITBP informed. On Saturday, at least seven bodies were brought from the advanced base camp to the Matli helipad. Personnel from various teams of the ITBP, the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering the Air Force, the Army and SDRF, and the High Altitude War School in Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir have been deployed in the rescue operations.

Mountaineers from the NIM participating in a training course were trapped in a glacier crevice on Tuesday morning after an avalanche hit the peak. 

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