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  • BSF Airlifts Three Patients From Snow-Bound Tangdhar

    BSF Airlifts Three Patients From Snow-Bound Tangdhar

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    SRINAGAR: Following a request from the Kupwara district administration, the Border Security Force used its helicopter to airlift critical patients from remote areas for treatment at larger medical centres.

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    BSF airlifts 3 critical patients from snow-bound Tangdhar Sector in Kupwara

    Apart from evacuation of patients, BSF chopper carried four bodies from Tanghdar to Kupwara for their last rites, which could not be carried out for past five days due to heavy snow fall and closure of road, a BSF spokesperson said.

    Tanghdar remains cut off from rest of the Kashmir Valley due to heavy snow accumulation at Sadhana Pass during winter season. Resultantly, the border population suffers due to lack of medical treatment.

    As a border guarding force, BSF is not just protecting the Line of Control, but working closely with the civil administration in looking after welfare and emergency needs of border population.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • ‘Snowbound’ Road Forces Family To Carry Postpartum Mother on Cot For 2 Kms in Uri

    ‘Snowbound’ Road Forces Family To Carry Postpartum Mother on Cot For 2 Kms in Uri

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    Uri, Feb 5: A postpartum woman had to be carried on a cot by her family to reach back home from a health facility as the authorities concerned allegedly are yet to clear several stretches of the accumulated snow in Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

    The woman hailing from Silapathar Nambla, as per locals, had recently given birth to a twin at a hospital in Uri. “Once the doctors discharged her, the family arranged a vehicle to take her back home however little did they knew the roads’ were yet to be cleared of accumulated snow”, they told GNS adding the attendants were left with no option than to carry the mother and the two little souls on a cot amid severe chill for almost two kilometers.”

    Ruing the lackadaisical approach of the PMGSY department vis-à-vis the clearance of roads in the area, the locals alleged that there are several stretches which continue to remain non-motorable. “The people, especially patients, are suffering badly even as it almost has been a week since any significant snowfall was witnessed in the area”, they said.

    The inhabitants have urged Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and DC Baramulla to intervene in the matter and Instruct PMGSY Department to clear the snow from the roads to mitigate the suffering of people.

    When contacted, AEE PMGSY Uri Kursheed Ahmad told GNS that the clearance was carried out for 1.6 kms on the said road recently. “Due to sliding/slips the balance length of approximately 1 km was halted so as to avoid any exigency with regards to the labourers and machinery”, he said.

    “Some locals wanted protection work being done at the sliding spots before moving the machinery forward for clearance”, he further said. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )