SRINAGAR, India - Vanopfuura 400 vashanyi, kunyanya vatorwa vakavharirwa paChangla Pass muLeh kubva Mugovera masikati vakanunurwa nezvikwata zvakabatana zveMapurisa, Mauto uye wedunhu manejimendi Svondo mangwanani.
Iyo Changla Pass iri mudunhu reLadakh pahupamhi hwemamita 17,590 pamusoro pegungwa. Iyo Pass inowira munzira yekuenda kuPangong Lake, chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chayo chinowira muIndia uye chasara muChina. Dziva ndechimwe chezvinhu zvikuru zvinokwezva vashanyi vanoshanyira Leh.
Mapurisa akati nekuda kwekudonha kukuru pakati peTangtsy naLeh neMugovera masikati chikamu chemugwagwa chakakukurwa pedyo neCholtak uye mota dzakatakura vafambi dzakamiswa.
Mapurisa akati nerubatsiro Mauto uye manejimendi edunhu vafambi vese vaive vapererwa vakanunurwa uye vakasvika kuLeh zvakachengeteka.
Vakawedzera kuti dzimwe mota dzichiri munzira kubva kuChushul kuburikidza neTsaga kuenda kuLeh. “Munhu wese akachengeteka. Vanhu vakapererwa vaipa rubatsiro rwekurapa nezvikwata zvakabatana zveDhipatimendi rekurapa reUnited States uye Mauto, "mupurisa mukuru muLeh akaudza Greater Kashmir. “Tiri kuongorora mamiriro akaita sinou sezvo sinou iri kunyunguduka uye masiraidhi ari kuuya,” akawedzera.
Mupurisa uyu akati kunze kwevagari venzvimbo iyi, mota idzi dzaive dzakatakura vashanyi vepamba pamwe nevekunze. "Pakati pevashanyi vekunze vaive nenhamba yakanaka," akadaro.
Udhampur akavakirwa paPublic Relations Officer Bazi rezvekudzivirirwa, Lt Col Rajesh Kalia akataura kuti kuondomoka kukuru kwakaitika kumabvazuva kweLeh mumugwagwa Tangtse-Chang La nenguva dzinenge 10.45 am Mugovera. “Nzvimbo inoda kusvika 250 metres yemugwagwa yakavharwa nekuda kwekukoromoka kwevhu. Mota dzinoda kusvika zana nemakumi mashanu nevanhuwo zvavo vangangosvika mazana mana vanosanganisira madzimai nevana vakavharirwa mumugwagwa,” chakadaro.
Chirevo ichi chakawedzera kuti masoja akaiswa munzvimbo iyi akakurumidza kuita chiito uye akapa rubatsiro kune vashanyi vakashaya nekuvaendesa kunzvimbo dzakachengeteka uye Army Camp muTangtse, uko vakapihwa pekugara, chikafu, zvipfeko zvinodziya uye rubatsiro rwekurapa. “Quick Reaction Medical Teams yakapa Oxygen nekupa First Aid kuvashanyi vairwara neHigh Altitude sickness. Mumwe mushanyi akazobviswazve neArmy ambulance kuLeh. Vazhinji vevashanyi vasvika kuLeh zvakachengeteka mambakwedza neSvondo, ”akadaro chirevo.
“Kuedza kwese kuri kuitwa neArmy and Border Road Organisation (BRO) kubvisa nekuchimbidza maroad block. Mauto emauto akamirira kubatsira chero vashanyi vapererwa. Mugwagwa ungangovhurwa munguva pfupi iri kutevera,” yakawedzera.
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- The statement added that Army soldiers deployed in the area swung into action immediately and provided assistance to the stranded tourists by evacuating them to safe places and Army Camp in Tangtse, where they were provided shelter, food, warm clothing and medical assistance.
- Mapurisa akati nekuda kwekudonha kukuru pakati peTangtsy naLeh neMugovera masikati chikamu chemugwagwa chakakukurwa pedyo neCholtak uye mota dzakatakura vafambi dzakamiswa.
- The stranded people were giving medical aid by the joint teams of States Medical Department and Army,” a senior police in Leh told Greater Kashmir.
