About 400 stranded tourists have been evacuated by the Army from flood-hit areas of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir as several villages of the region were cut off from the mainland. “Army troops swiftly launched a large scale rescue and relief operations in all flood-affected areas to save precious lives,” Defence Spokesman at Army’s Northern Command, Col S D Goswami said. “Heavy rains, flash floods since last month have affected large parts of Ladakh region. Inundated roads, submerged villages, damaged bridges have caused havoc during prime tourist season,” he said.…
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