1st Responders Ensured Amarnath Flash Floods Toll Remained Low: Air Force
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Flash floods triggered by heavy rain struck near the shrine on July 8, leaving at least 16 people dead and more than 30 missing.
The efforts of the first responders ensured that the number of deaths in the flash floods near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas was "limited", a senior IAF officer said on Monday.
Flash floods triggered by heavy rain struck near the shrine on July 8, leaving at least 16 people dead and more than 30 missing.
The annual Amarnath Yatra, which began on June 30, resumed on Monday after remaining suspended for a day due to bad weather. "Basically, due to the initial efforts which people put in on the first day, the fatality rate and the number of casualties were really limited," Air Commodore Pankaj Mittal told reporters here.
Asked about the scale of the rescue and relief operations, he said,"As compared to a lot of operations we have seen (earlier), this was a bit on a smaller scale."
