Nineteen people who were trapped in snow on the Mughal road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district were rescued by security forces, officials said on Friday. These people were travelling from Shopian to Poonch when their vehicles got stuck in the snow accumulated on the road at Pir ki Gali on Thursday night, they said. As soon as the information was received, teams from Army and police launched an operation to rescue the stranded passengers, the officials said. All the persons were rescued and taken to Poshana where they were provided food and other facilities, the officials said.
