Dehradun: As many as 38 members of a trekking team, including foreigners, were rescued by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) which pulled out five bodies trapped in heavy snow from Kalandani Khal in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttrakhand.
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Among the people rescued yesterday were seven foreigners-- six Australians and a Spanish national.
Of the five dead, one was identified as a Nepalese porter, according to an ITBP release issued late last night.
After a nearly six-hour search and rescue operation amidst difficult terrains, heavy snowfall and low visibility, the ITBP personnel rescued the surviving trekking team members and retrieved the five bodies which were trapped in about 4-5 feet snow at a height of 15,000 feet.
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Of the five dead, bodies of four persons were brought to Mana post of ITBP near Badrinath temple town while one still lay at Ghastoli post of the force because the route to Mana was closed following a landslide.
The rescued foreigners were brought to Mana and given first aid, food and warm clothing.
In the midst of continuous heavy snowfall, extremely cold climate and low visibility, the members of the trekking team, led by prominent historian Shekhar Pathak, who specialises in Himalayan history, got scattered and lost sense of direction.
The news about the trekking team getting trap came through when three porters managed to reach ITBP post at Ghastoli on the morning of September 19.
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