Lagatar24 Desk
Gulmarg, June 9: Nearly 250 visitors who became stuck while travelling by gondola ride to Gondola Phase 2 Affarwat were rescued by Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla police on Friday.
According to the authorities, technical glitches with the cable car operations caused the visitors to become stopped at Gondola Phase II Affarwat as they attempted to return to the Gondola base.
The tourists were securely returned to the Gulmarg base after being rescued, according to the police.
“On receiving information, police rescue teams of PS Gulmarg led by SHO PS Gulmarg Inspector Irshad Ahmad with the assistance of the staff of Gondola Car Corporation swung into action and after strenuous overnight efforts, they rescued the stranded tourists and brought them back to Gulmarg base safely”, the police said.
The tourists reportedly thanked the Baramulla Police for their prompt assistance, according to the police.
Jammu and Kashmir’s police earlier this month freed a tourist family with four kids who had become stranded in the Kangdoori neighbourhood of Gulmarg.
The Telangana visitors recently arrived in Gulmarg, where they rode the gondola to Kangdoori, according to the police.
The family were lost and stranded in the Kangdoori neighbourhood on their way back to Gondola Phase Two, according to the police.
“Police rescue teams of Gulmarg police station led by Station House Officer Inspector Irshad with the assistance of ATVs and Pony Walas were formed who followed around the Kangdoori area and finally reached the location of the tourist family and rescued them from the area and brought them back to Gulmarg safely,” read the statement by Baramullah police.
