400 stranded people rescued in J&K

Over 400 tourists and locals, trapped due to a landslide at Chang La Pass in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district, were rescued today, officials said.

Over 400 tourists and locals, trapped due to a landslide at Chang La Pass in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district, were rescued today, officials said.

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"Over 100 vehicles got stranded at Durbuk near Chang La Pass on Saturday due to a landslide...the civil administration, police and army had launched a joint rescue operation and created an alternate road for evacuating the trapped passengers," a senior police official told PTI over phone from Leh, 434 km from here.

"All the trapped people - over 300 tourists and around 100 locals - were evacuated to safety," he said.