2022 Uttarakhand avalanche explained

2022 Uttarakhand avalanche
Date:4 October 2022
Location:Uttarakhand, India
Reported Deaths:27

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]

Notes and References

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