ITBP rescued all stranded trekkers from Lahaul-Spiti

In Himachal Pradesh, ITBP personnel  have rescued 15 persons and brought down 2 dead bodies from a glacier point. The rescue team covered 27 kliomitre distance from Lahaul-Spiti to reach Kaza base camp. The road was a treacherous terrains. Two dead trekkers were from West Bengal. The ill-fated trekking expedition started from Manali on 17 September. On 24 and 25 September, while the team was passing down from Khamenger Pass, 02 members- Sandeep Kumar Thakurta, age- 48 years and Bhaskardeb Mukhopadhyaya, age-61 (Both from West Bengal) died due to mountain sickness. 

According to ITBP, both trekkers died on an high altitude trekking expedition on 24 and 25 September. The dead bodies were carried on stretchers on foot by the men of 17th Battalion ITBP to the nearest road head is approximately 27 Kilometers away from the glacier point (Approximately 18000 feet). A joint team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Army and Civil Administration had been launched on Wednesday from Kaza for a rescue mission towards the higher reaches of Manali-Khamengar Pass- Manirang in Lahaul-Spiti.