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As galore arsenic 60 persons, including 40 soldiers of a Rashtriya Rifles unit, were rescued by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) aft they were stranded successful a snowbound country successful Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, a defence spokesperson said connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026).
The BRO successfully carried retired the high-altitude rescue and roadworthy restoration cognition nether Project Sampark astatine Chatergala Pass situated astatine an altitude of 10,500 ft successful the Bhaderwah-Chatergala axis, the spokesperson said successful a statement.
He said the 118 Road Construction Company (RCC) of 35 Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) began the cognition connected January 24, a time aft dense snowfall which continued for astir 40 hours, clearing astir 38 km of roadworthy covered nether 5 to six feet of snow.
The way was opened by January 25 evening, enabling harmless evacuation of 20 stranded civilians and 40 unit of the 4 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), on with weapons and stores, the spokesperson said.
The rescue ngo was completed by aboriginal hours of January 26 with zero casualties, underscoring the professionalism of BRO unit operating successful the challenging high-altitude terrain amid utmost upwind conditions, the connection said.
The cognition was executed successful adjacent coordination with the Army, ensuring swift alleviation and the restoration of captious connection links successful the region.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson said the BRO besides restored connectivity of strategical roads successful the Kandi-Kotranka country of Rajouri district.
Following a spell of dense snowfall successful the Rajouri-Kandi-Budhal country connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026), the BRO undertook contiguous and sustained snowfall clearance operations to reconstruct captious roadworthy connectivity successful the region.
The snowfall cover, measuring up to 3 feet, had disrupted question on a captious roadworthy agelong successful the Pir Panjal region, cutting disconnected the Kandi-Kotranka sub part from Rajouri town, the spokesperson said, adding that the aggravated snowfall had disrupted subject and civilians movement, including aesculapian exigency services.
Despite the precocious operational risks, helium said BRO unit of the 110 RCC of 31 BRTF nether Project Sampark carried retired sustained time and nighttime operations, deploying specialised snowfall clearance instrumentality and manpower.
As a effect of concerted efforts, a single-lane roadworthy was opened initially, enabling controlled vehicular movement, the spokesperson said.
He said the swift effect ensured resumption of postulation wrong 14 hours, including the question of exigency and indispensable services.
Clearance and widening operations continued relentlessly, and the roadworthy was further widened to facilitate safer and smoother movement. A full agelong of astir 35 km was cleared and restored wrong 24 hours, the connection added.
