SRINAGAR: Nine foreigners were among 13 people who have been rescued by the police after they were stranded due to heavy snowfall in Ladakh's Zanskar area, sources said on Tuesday.
A group of trekkers comprising two French nationals and seven Korean with their four local guides were trapped during Zanskar-Lingshed trekking expedition.
“Immediately after getting reports of the group being trapped in heavy snowfall, police organised a rescue operation and brought the group of trekkers to Padum.
“The rescue operation took five hours. Food was provided to the rescued group and later they were brought down, ” the police sources said.