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About 2,400 Rescued in Northwest India Floods as Army, IAF Lead Air and Ground Push

A coordinated military relief push is underway across Punjab, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh.

Overview

  • Indian Army reports 1,211 people evacuated so far, including 11 officials at Madhopur Barrage and 180 paramilitary personnel.
  • Army Aviation is flying 12 helicopters — three ALH/Dhruv and nine Cheetah — with winch and hover rescues, including a high‑risk mission that lifted 27 people in the GurdaspurAmritsar area.
  • Twenty‑eight Army columns are providing ground support with medical teams and communications, restoring connectivity with measures such as a Bailey bridge in Jammu and deploying ATOR‑1200 amphibious vehicles.
  • Army teams have delivered nearly 2,300 kg of food, water and medicines in cut‑off areas, while the IAF evacuated 46 civilians in Pathankot and airdropped over 750 kg of relief supplies.
  • BSF, NDRF and SDRF units are ferrying residents by boat and conducting extractions across affected districts including Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Ferozepur.