AI evacuates 700 stranded people from J-K

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Sep 14 2014 | 8:20 PM IST
700 people stranded due to devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir were today evacuated by Air India which operated eight flights to Srinagar and two to Leh.
It also carried about 11 tonnes of relief material including blankets, medicines and drinking water.
About 250 passengers were evacuated from Leh and 450 from Srinagar, the airlines said today.
Air India and private airlines had till yesterday ferried about 1,400 stranded people.
Air India yesterday flew five additional relief flights to Srinagar and two to Leh apart from its scheduled operations.
It has also deployed additional Airbus A-320 aircraft to carry out sorties between Jammu and Srinagar flying army and paramilitary personnel and relief materials, including blankets and medicines.
Jet Airways had also operated an additional flight to Srinagar flying to Delhi around 200 passengers, while SpiceJet, IndiGo and GoAir operated their scheduled flights bringing back over 300.
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First Published: Sep 14 2014 | 8:20 PM IST

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