SRINAGAR: Inclement weather is hampering the efforts of the army to evacuate five soldiers, who were rescued from snow-bound Macchil sector in Kashmir last week, to a hospital here for specialised treatment.
"Extreme foggy conditions with intermittent snow exists in Kashmir Valley. Army aviation pilots are attempting to evacuate the five soldiers who were rescued in Macchil to Srinagar for specialised treatment," a defence spokesman said here.
The five soldiers were trapped under snow at a forward post in Machhil in Saturday but were rescued by avalanche rescue teams.
The spokesman said the mortal remains of the 14 soldiers killed in an avalanche in Gurez Sector of Kashmir on January 25 could also not be flown to Srinagar as flight operations have been hampered by bad weather.
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