Ground-Penetrating Radar will be used to search for Two missing climbers in Uttarkashi

&NewLine;<p>October 27&comma; 2022 – The GPR &lpar;Ground Penetrating Radar&rpar; has been rushed to the summit camp of Draupadi&&num;8217&semi;s Danda-2 peak to trace the two trainee climbers missing in the Uttarkashi avalanche accident&period; Officials of Nim said that the rescue team members had been trained in the use of GPR&comma; after which the search for the missing climbers will start from Wednesday &lpar;today&rpar; with the help of GPR&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On October 4&comma; 29 Nim&&num;8217&semi;s Advanced Mountaineering Course members were hit by an avalanche during Draupadi&&num;8217&semi;s ascent to the Danda-2 peak&period; The bodies of 27 were recovered after the accident&comma; while Navy sailors Vinay Panwar &lpar;Uttarakhand&rpar; and Lt Col Deepak Vashisht have been missing since the accident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Taking technical help&comma; Nim has got ground penetrating radar from Bangalore to find both&period; Colonel Amit Bisht&comma; Principal of Nim&comma; said that the GPR was taken to the base camp on Monday&comma; which was shifted to the summit camp on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>An operator who came with the GPR has trained about 14 soldiers of the NIM&comma; High Altitude War Fair School &lpar;Hodge&rpar;&comma; and the army involved in the rescue team on its use—told that from Wednesday&comma; with the help of JPR&comma; the missing climbers will be searched&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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