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About 400 people stuck at Khardungla pass,the worlds highest motorable road in Leh,due to heavy snowfall and landslides have been rescued,a spokesman for the Jammu and Kashmir government said Saturday.
The rescue began Friday evening and continued till daybreak Saturday. All 145 vehicles carrying the stranded tourists have been taken away safely from the pass,situated 17,815 feet above sea level.
The spokesman said the vehicles were stranded between South and North Pullu,42 km from Leh,on the road to the Siachen glacier and Nurbu valley. The area has very low oxygen levels and records sub-zero temperature much of the year.
Many of the rescued passengers have been treated for altitude sickness,the spokesman said.
