28 trainee mountaineers missing after avalanche hit Draupadi Ka Danda-II peak, Uttarakhand Police release list

New Delhi: The Uttarakhand Police on Wednesday released list of 28 trainee mountaineers missing after avalanche-hit Draupadi ka Danda-II mountain. More than 40 trainees and instructors of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), an Uttarkashi-based institute, were struct by a massive avalanche on Tuesday while trekking in the Dokriani Bamak glacier, Ten mountaineers are feared dead. Bodies of four have been recovered. Rescue operations resumed on Wednesday and at least six mountaineers, with minor injuries, were airlifted from Draupadi ka Danda-II mountain.

#Uttarkashi rescue update.

6 injured persons airlifted to 12th Battalion ITBP, Matli, Uttarkashi.

First group of ITBP personnel airlifted from matli to avalanche site for search and rescue operations.#Himveers pic.twitter.com/srztKEbSGo

— ITBP (@ITBP_official) October 5, 2022

Uttarakhand Police release list of missing trainee mountaineers On Wednesday, the Uttarakhand Police released a list of 28 trainee mountaineers who went missing after being hit by a massive avalanche at a height of 17,000 feet at Draupadi ka Danda-II peak. The 41-member team of mountaineers from NIM along with their instructors were returning after climbing the peak as part of their advanced training course when the avalanche hit the peak on Tuesday. Also Read: 10 killed, eight of 29 mountaineering trainees rescued as avalanche hits Uttarakhand’s Draupadi Ka Danda-2 peak Among those missing includes those from West Bengal, Delhi, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam, Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. 1 - Sourav Biswas from West Bengal 2 - Shubham Sangri from Uttarakhand 3 - Atanu Dhar from Delhi 4 - Narendra Singh from Uttarakhand 5 - Amit Kumar Shaw from West Bengal 6 - Vamsheedar Reddy from Telangana 7 - Vikram Raman from Tamil Nadu 8 - Vikram M from Karnataka 9 - Deepshikha Hazarika from Assam 10 - Rajath Singhal from Haryana 11 - Sandip Sarkar from West Bengal 12 - Siddharth Khanduri from Uttarakhand 13 - Gohil Arjunsinh Bhupendra from Gujarat 14 - Satish Rawat from Uttarakhand 15 - Lt Col Deepak Vashisht from Himachal Pradesh 16 - Shivam Kainthia from Himachal Pradesh 17 - Anshul Kainthia from Himachal Pradesh 18 - Tiklu Jyrwa from Vivu Puri 19 - Rahul Panwar from Uttarakhand 20 - Rakshit K from Karnataka 21 - Vinay Panwar from Uttarakhand 22 - Nitish from Haryana 23 - Kapil Pawar from Uttarakhand 24 - Ajay Bisht from Uttarakhand 25 - Santosh Kukreti from Uttarakhand 26 - SUO Ravi Kumar Nirmal 27 - LNK Shubham Singh from Uttar Pradesh 28 - SGT Amit Kumar Singh from Uttar Pradesh

Uttarkashi avalanche | Uttarakhand Police releases a list of Nehru Mountaineering Institute trainees who are being searched for at Draupadi Ka Danda-II mountain peak. pic.twitter.com/wL88dfwWPd

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 5, 2022

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Four ITBP jawans dispatched in Cheetah and ALH helicopters to Dokrani Glacier in search of the missing mountaineers on Wednesday. NIM Principal Colonel Amit Bisht on Tuesday had said that 10 bodies were spotted on Tuesday out of which four were recovered. Rescue operations were halted yesterday due to darkness and inclement weather. The avalanche struck around 8.45 am on Tuesday when the team of trainee mountaineers and instructors from NIM was returning after summitting, Colonel Bisht had said. The team members got stuck in crevasses following the avalanche, he had said. According to reports, Everester Savita Kanswal and instructor of NIM died in the avalanche tragedy. With inputs from agencies Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.