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Army launches Operation Sahayata in Jammu and Kashmir

| | Sep 05, 2014, at 10:47 pm
New Delhi, Sept 05 (IBNS) Due to incessant rains past 48 hours, Army has launched 'Operation Sahayata' to provide rescue and relief in areas of Kashmir Valley, Naoshera, Rajouri, Thanamandi and Poonch, in coordination with civil administration.

Fifty Army columns have been deployed and another 65 are standby.  Approximately  1750 people have been evacuated to safety from life threatening situations. The operations are in progress.

Army assistance is being provided in form of rescuing and shifting people to unaffected areas, providing tented accommodation to displaced, assistance in providing crossing places over rivers/nallals in spate, clearance of roads due to land slides especially  NH-44 (Jammu – Banihal - Srinagar), and providing medical aid. Army Formations are proactively reaching out to flood affected people to render all possible assistance. 

Army helicopters are on standby in the ongoing rescue and relief operation.        

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