RESCUE OPERATIONS BY ARMED FORCES
Rescue operations carried out by various wings of the Indian Armed Forces both domestic and abroad this year are given below:
| Service | Domestic | Abroad | Remarks |
| Indian Army | 18 | 02 | Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief and Medical Assistance. |
| Indian Navy | 46 | 139 | |
| Indian Air Force | 09 | 04 |
An Engineer Column of one Officer, four Junior Commissioned Officers and 44 Other Ranks was deployed to conduct rescue operation for 41 workers trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand. The Indian Army acted upon the requisition received from civil administration, Uttarakhand.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh and others in the Lok Sabha today.
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