Antony to visit flood-hit Leh

Defence Minister AK Antony will visit Leh today to review the ongoing relief and rehabilitation work of the armed forces in the cloudburst-hit areas of Ladakh.

Updated on: Sep 8, 2010, 08:47:56 IST

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Defence Minister AK Antony will visit Leh on Wednesday to review the ongoing relief and rehabilitation work of the armed forces in the cloudburst-hit areas of Ladakh.

Antony will visit Tyakshi in Turtuk Sector where 25 army personnel from the Bihar and Rajputna Rifles regiments had gone missing when Ladakh was hit by cloudburst on August 6 this year.

He would also undertake an aerial survey of Leh, Nimu and Choglamser, which bore the brunt of mudslide, a Defence Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Army's 14 Corps officers would brief Antony on the relief work, they said.

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