Avalanche kills ITBP trooper, five missing in HP
The rescuers managed to retrieve one body, Deputy Commissioner Gopal Chand told reporters. "A search and rescue operation to locate the five missing jawans is on. It was snowed heavily in the area," he said.
Sources said the ITBP personnel were repairing the water pipeline when the calamity occurred.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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