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Foreigners stranded by India floods

2010-08-10 192 Dailymotion

<p><br /> Rescue attempts are under way to reach hundreds of foreign tourists who are stranded in India's Himalayan region of Ladakh.<br /> </p><p><br /> The country's air force is trying to get them out of the Zanskar Valley near Leh by helicopters.<br /> </p><p><br /> At least 150 people have now died after flash floods hit the country.<br /> </p><p><br /> Unexpected heavy rains have destoyed houses, uprooted telephone towers and deposited boulders and mud up to 15 feet high on main roads.<br /> </p><p><br /> Thousands of tourists travel to Ladakh every year to visit old Buddhist monasteries and for adventure sports such as white water rafting.<br /> </p><p><br /> At least 300 people are still missing and 25,000 people affected by the floods, army officials said. At least 7,000 soldiers were deployed to rebuild roads and bridges, they said.<br /> </p><p><br /> "It will take a lot of time and effort to restore the communication network," said Brigadier Sanjay Chawla of the Indian Army said from Leh.<br /> </p><p><br /> About 33 soldiers were also swept away during the floods that hit the Ladakh region on Friday, the army said.<br /> </p><p><br /> The region borders Pakistan, beset by the worst floods in 80 years which have killed over 1,600 people and left at least two million homeless.<br /> </p>

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