Indian Army Rescues Elderly Woman Through Heavy Snowfall In Jammu And Kashmir

The soldiers of the Indian Army’s Chinar Corps walked through knee-deep snowfall to rescue an elderly woman who was in severe pain from a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir on the Line of Control.

According to an official statement, the Indian Army detachment at Paro proactively acted on a distress call from Mir Mohd, a resident of the remote Jabri village, who desperately sought the evacuation of his 80-year-old wife who was suffering with severe fever, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

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Indian Army Rescues Elderly Woman

"The Indian Army's Chinar Corps warriors conducted a swift emergency evacuation of the ailing elderly lady, Sardar Beewa, wife of Mir Mohd, from Jabri village to the Primary Health Care (PHC) Center in Boniyar, during the early morning hours on Friday," said the statement.

The statement further added, "the daring and selfless Chinar Corps warriors walked through knee-deep snow and reached the elderly woman’s home. The warriors carried the elderly woman on their backs to minimise injury to her due to the mountainous nature of the tracks, the steep gradient involved, and the heavy snowfall conditions.

The elderly woman was swiftly shifted into an ambulance that was waiting at Paro, and she was taken to PHC, Boniyar.

"The local villagers appreciated the timely response by the Indian Army's Paro detachment and praised their gallant and humane efforts towards the local population," the statement added.

Evacuation from Jabri village during heavy snowfall is extremely dangerous and challenging, as the village is situated along a steep gradient.

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