2022 Uttarakhand avalanche
Date4 October 2022
LocationUttarakhand, India
Deaths27

On 4 October 2022, an avalanche hit the Draupadi Ka Danda peak in Uttarakhand, India. 27 mountaineers in the Advanced Mountaineering Course of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were killed as a result.[1] The death toll makes this the worst mountaineering disaster recorded in India.[2]

References

  1. "Uttarakhand: One more body of mountaineer retrieved from avalanche site, death toll rises to 27". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. MASIH, ARCHANA. "India's Worst Mountaineering Tragedy". Rediff. Retrieved 2022-10-13.


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