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Agencies | Jammu
Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) continued its Operation Humsafar for the second day today by airlifting 1,900 passengers as the 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the 10th consecutive day.

"We have continued Operation Humsafar by pressing into services a fleet of five AN-32 and two IL-76, thereby airlifting a total of 4,000 stranded passengers, including 1,900 today, in 26 sorties to Kashmir valley and back," a defence official said.

Of the 1,900 airlifted passengers, 1,477 were taken from here and over 400 from Udhampur, the official said, adding 780 passengers were flown from here to Srinagar and 697 passengers were airlifted from Srinagar to Jammu.

With the number of stranded passengers still high, over 2,700 people have been so far registered for airlift to Srinagar in IL-76 and AN-32 during the day from Jammu and Udhampur technical airfields.

The operation will continue from Udhampur and Jammu Air Force stations in assistance with civil officials, defence officials informed.

IAF aircraft were flown from Chandigarh to Jammu and Udhampur Air Force stations for Operation Humsafar.
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