KargilIAF’s ‘Kargil Courier’ airlifted over 3,000 stranded passengers this winter

IAF’s ‘Kargil Courier’ airlifted over 3,000 stranded passengers this winter

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, Mar 28: The Indian Air Force's ‘Kargil Courier' service airlifted over 3,000 stranded passengers during the closure of the 434-kilometre-long Srinagar- National Highway this winter, an official said on Tuesday.

The ‘Kargil Courier' service started from January 18.

In all, 3,228 passengers availed the services of the AN-32 and the IL-76 aircraft provided by the Indian Air Force for the residents of , the official said.

Among them, 39 passengers were airlifted from to Kargil in an AN-32 sortie on Tuesday, he said.

While the AN-32 aircraft operated between Kargil and the twin capitals of Jammu and Srinagar, IL-76 sorties were arranged between Srinagar-Leh and Jammu-Leh for stranded passengers, the official said.

In addition, several hundred stranded passengers were airlifted from Chandigarh to Leh in the IL-76 aircraft on the personal intervention of Ladakh Lt Governor Brig (Retd) BD Mishra, he added.

 

 

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