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‘123 evacuations carried out, 29 tonnes material flown’ Fayaz Bukhari Srinagar, July 11: The Indian Air Force today said that first responders to the cloudburst incident near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in Kashmir ensured that the death toll was less. Click here to watch video “Due to the initial efforts which people on the spot put in on the first day, the fatality rate and the number of casualties were limited,” Air Commodore Pankaj Mittal told reporters here. […]

Air commander Pankaj Mittal said initial response to Amarnath cloudburst kept the death toll low.

The efforts of the first responders ensured that the number of deaths in the flash floods near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas was "limited", a senior IAF officer said on Monday.