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.

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.

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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.