Personnel of ITBP’s 17th Battalion carried the bodies on stretchers for 27 km on foot in treacherous terrain at an altitude of 18,000 feet.
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ITBP completes Lahaul-Spiti rescue mission, 2 trekkers dead, 15 rescued
Personnel of ITBP’s 17th Battalion carried the bodies on stretchers for 27 km on foot in treacherous terrain at an altitude of 18,000 feet.
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The ITBP said the rescue mission had been completed with a total of 15 rescued persons and two bodies found.
A joint team of the ITBP, Army and the civil administration had been sent from Kaza for a rescue mission towards the higher reaches of Manali-Khamengar Pass-Manirang in Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.
The trekking expedition started from Manali on September 17. On September 25, while the team was passing down from Khamenger Pass, two members- both from West Bengal- died due to mountain sickness.
-PTC News
