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| Tsozum Tours and Treks announces discounts from 10 % to 20% for treks booked within the month of September. |
| Gangtok: 13th Aug: Tsozum Tours and Treks announces discounts ranging from 10% to 20% depending on group size for treks and tours in Sikkim and Darjeeling for the month of October and November and December, if booked within the month of September. Conditions apply. |
| Leh floods: 36 foreigners rescued from Zanskar valley |
| Leh:Courtesy NDTV News:8th Aug: Frantic rescue efforts are underway in Leh and parts of Ladakh after Friday´s devastating cloudburst that flattened villages and snapped power and communication links.
The Indian Air Force has so far rescued 36 foreigners from Zanskar valley. Remaining 114 still stuck in Zanskar will be evacuated soon, sources say. Meanwhile, another 75 foreigners are stuck in Pang on the Leh-Manali highway. According to latest estimates, over 150 people have died so far and around 200 people are still missing. Army and ITBP personnel are working round the clock for rescue work, struggling through piles of slush and mud. They are focusing on cleaning the road which connects Karu to Leh. They are trying to create a bridge so that at least single lane traffic for light vehicles can resume, and other relief material can flow into this place. The Leh runway has been cleaned up and flights are operating. Nine IAF planes have landed in the area to assist in rescue efforts. They brought relief material including 5,000 blankets, 75 tarpaulins and a team of nurses. Special Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Kingfisher are flights operating from Leh to Delhi to bring stranded tourists back |
| Floods strand 300 foreigners in India´s Ladakh |
| JAMMU India (Reuters) - More than 300 foreign tourists are stranded in India´s Himalayan region of Ladakh, three days after flash floods killed at least 150 people and ravaged the main town of Leh, officials said on Monday.
Floods triggered by unexpected heavy rains destroyed houses, uprooted telephone towers and deposited boulders and mud up to 15 feet high on highways and destroyed all communication networks, authorities and witnesses said. At least 300 people are still missing and 25,000 people affected by the floods, army officials said. At least 7,000 soldiers were deployed to rebuild roads and bridges, they said. "We have located about a group of 150 foreign tourists stranded in Zanskar Valley near Leh and we are trying to evacuate them by helicopters," Flight Lietunant Priya Joshi of the Indian Air Force told Reuters on Monday. Another 90 tourists were stranded in a monastery in Lama Yuru, about 110 km ( 68 miles) west of Leh, while another 73 were waiting for evacuation in Din Karu, enroute to another tourist destination, the army said. Thousands of tourists travel to Ladakh every year to visit old Buddhist monasteries and for adventure sports such as white water rafting. The region borders Pakistan, beset by the worst floods in 80 years which have killed over 1,600 people and left at least two million homeless. "It will take a lot of time and effort to restore the communication network," said Brigadier Sanjay Chawla of the Indian Army said from Leh. About 33 soldiers were also swept away during the floods that hit the Ladakh region on Friday, the army said. In Leh, the main Buddhist town located at an altitude of 3,505 meters (11,499 feet) in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, health officials were struggling to treat the injured in the civilian hospital, which was also badly damaged by the floods. |
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