The seven Army men were part of a patrol squad that was hit by an avalanche in Tawang district and went missing.
According to the Indian Army, all seven missing Army troops who were struck by an avalanche in a high altitude location of Kameng Sector in Arunachal Pradesh on February 6 were killed.
The search and rescue activities have “already been completed,” according to the Army, and “bodies of all seven victims have been found from the avalanche site.” “Despite the greatest efforts of everyone involved,” it continued, “all seven have been confirmed deceased.”
The location, which is at an elevation of 14,500 feet, has been experiencing severe weather with heavy snowfall for the past three days, according to the Army. “The soldiers’ bodies are being moved from the avalanche scene to the nearest Army medical centre for further formalities.”
It is not uncommon for troops to be caught in an avalanche, and the military has lost people in the past due to similar situations. The most recent incidence occurred in May 2020, when two Army servicemen were killed in an avalanche in Sikkim while on patrol with a snow removal party.
The Army lost six people to avalanches and snow slides in the Siachen Glacier in 2019, and 11 others in other parts of the nation, according to data given by the government with Parliament in February 2020.
All armed forces troops inducted into “High Altitude zones” are “trained to handle medical emergencies” and are “given proper training in mountain craft, ice craft, and survival in glaciated terrain in mountain dealing with any eventuality like avalanches,” according to the government.
They are “suitably prepared to meet the operational demands,” with helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, snow scooters, avalanche detectors, and mountain clothes and equipment among the latest equipment they utilize.
In October of last year, the Navy lost five of its troops during an expedition to Mt Trishul in Uttarakhand.
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