Authorities said two avalanches struck Gurez and Tulail tehsils of Bandipora district in north Kashmir on Friday.
A senior police official said that there was no damage to property or loss of life reported in the two incidents.
“Two minor avalanches were observed in Gurez and Tulail tehsil today; no damage to property or loss of life occurred,” said District Collector Bandipora.
Two labourers were killed in an avalanche which hit a construction bay in central Kashmir Sonamarg health resort, prompting the authorities to stop work at the Zoila tunnel where the slain were working.
On February 1, two foreign nationals were killed in an avalanche in noth Kashmir’s Gulmarg. During the rescue operations, 19 foreign nationals and 2 local guides were rescued.
Some skiers were trapped in the famous ski resort Gulmarg after an avalanche hit the Afarwat peak in the region, Baramulla Police informed on Wednesday.
Baramulla police informed through a statement that three teams comprising twenty-one Foreign nationals and two local guides went to Affarwat Gulmarg for skiing on Wednesday.
The skiing teams were trapped in Hapatkhud Kangdori, situated in Gulmarg, where the people went skiing. The joint rescue operations by the Jammu Kashmir Police and the tourism department saved twenty-one out of the trapped twenty-three people. Two foreign nationals lost their lives. Their bodies were sent to the hospital for further medical and legal procedures.