{"id":1294,"date":"2023-04-04T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T11:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/7-tourists-dead-in-massive-sikkim-nathu-la-avalanche-rescue-operations-underway\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T11:44:13","slug":"7-tourists-dead-in-massive-sikkim-nathu-la-avalanche-rescue-operations-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=1294","title":{"rendered":"7 Tourists Dead In Massive Sikkim Nathu La Avalanche, Rescue Operations Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Huge Avalanche In Sikkim, Several Tourists Feared Trapped\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Huge Avalanche In Sikkim, Several Tourists Feared Trapped\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Huge Avalanche In Sikkim, Several Tourists Feared Trapped\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/4q49td68_sikkim-nathu-la-avalanche_625x300_04_April_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-04T17:05:27+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=691913&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/04042023_n_SikkimAvalanche_4pm_213157_754977_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T3M40S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/4q49td68_sikkim-nathu-la-avalanche_625x300_04_April_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=691913&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Videos from the site showed the magnitude of the tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Guwahati: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Seven people, incuding a child and a woman, have been killed and many others are feared trapped under snow after a massive avalanche near Sikkim&#8217;s Nathu La mountain pass today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;23 tourists rescued till 4 PM including 6 from deep valley and shifted to nearby medical facilities of Indian Army. Unfortunately, seven persons have succumbed,&#8221; the Army said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 5-6 vehicles along with 20-30 tourists on way to Nathu La are feared to have been stuck under the snow, said the Army.<\/p>\n<p>The avalanche struck around 11.10 AM at 15th Mile in Jawaharlal Nehru road connecting Gangtok with Nathu La when at least 150 tourists were in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Nathu La Pass, at a height of 4,310 metres (14,140 feet) above sea level, is situated on the border with China and is a major tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p>Videos from the site showed the magnitude of the tragedy. Dozens of people could be seen involved in rescue operations and trying to dig out those who are trapped.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"r8k65a8k\" id=\"story_image_main\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/r8k65a8k_avalanche-1200_625x300_04_April_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"8kjmle7\" id=\"story_image_main\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/8kjmle7_avalanche-1200_625x300_04_April_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In one of the videos, someone is seen scooping up snow with a shovel as a man, half buried, looks up to be rescued.<\/p>\n<p>Search and rescue mission for those missing is underway by the Army, State Disaster Management Team and Police.<\/p>\n<p>Around 350 stranded tourists have also been rescued after snow was cleared from the road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/massive-avalanche-in-sikkim-nathu-la-several-tourists-feared-trapped-3919272\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Videos from the site showed the magnitude of the tragedy. Guwahati: Seven people, incuding a child and a woman, have been killed and many others are feared trapped under snow after a massive avalanche near Sikkim&#8217;s Nathu La mountain pass today. &#8220;23 tourists rescued till 4 PM including 6 from deep valley and shifted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}