<div align="justify"> Five army personnel were today rescued alive after being trapped for several hours under snow in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley, officials said.<br /><br />The soldiers got trapped after the track leading to their post caved in this morning.<br />"All the five soldiers were rescued alive and were shifted to hospital for treatment," an army official told PTI here.<br /><br />He said the rescue operation was launched immediately after the snow track leading to the post caved in, resulting in five soldiers getting trapped.<br /><br />The rescuers worked hard despite inclement weather and managed to rescue the trapped jawans, the official said.<br /><br />As many as 21 persons, including 15 army men, have been killed since Wednesday due to avalanches and snowfall-related deaths in Kashmir valley.<br /><br />Authorities have issued a high danger avalanche warning in hilly parts of snow-bound Kashmir Valley in view of fresh snowfall which was still continuing when last reports were received. <br /></div>
<div align="justify"> Five army personnel were today rescued alive after being trapped for several hours under snow in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley, officials said.<br /><br />The soldiers got trapped after the track leading to their post caved in this morning.<br />"All the five soldiers were rescued alive and were shifted to hospital for treatment," an army official told PTI here.<br /><br />He said the rescue operation was launched immediately after the snow track leading to the post caved in, resulting in five soldiers getting trapped.<br /><br />The rescuers worked hard despite inclement weather and managed to rescue the trapped jawans, the official said.<br /><br />As many as 21 persons, including 15 army men, have been killed since Wednesday due to avalanches and snowfall-related deaths in Kashmir valley.<br /><br />Authorities have issued a high danger avalanche warning in hilly parts of snow-bound Kashmir Valley in view of fresh snowfall which was still continuing when last reports were received. <br /></div>