Four officers and a junior commissioned officer of the Indian Navy on a mountaineering expedition went missing on Friday after getting caught in an avalanche when they were about to reach the peak of Mount Trishul (Pic. Courtesy Shikhar Travels)
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IN Bureau</p>
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Four officers and a junior commissioned officer of the Indian Navy on a mountaineering expedition went missing on Friday after getting caught in an avalanche when they were about to reach the peak of Mount Trishul at 7, 120 metre in Uttarakhand&#39;s Bageshwar district.</p>
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The search and rescue operations for five missing mountaineers of the Indian Navy had to be called off at 4 pm on Friday due to bad weather. Officials said another warning for an avalanche had been issued. They said that the search and rescue will resume on Saturday morning.</p>
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A rescue team from Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering led by its principal Colonel Amit Bisht had left for the avalanche-hit area in search of the missing, according to a statement from NIM.</p>
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The team of rescuers has reached up to Joshimath but bad weather is impeding their progress, the statement added. .</p>
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A combined team of Indian Army, Air Force and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) assisted by a helicopter are engaged in rescue operations, the statement added.</p>
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Mount Trishul which means trident, a weapon associated with lord Shiva, is a group of three Himalayan peaks located in Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand.</p>
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The adventure wing of the Indian Navy had informed NIM authorities about the incident around 11 am and sought the help of the institute&#39;s search and rescue team.</p>
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The 20-member Navy expedition was flagged off at Mumbai on September 3. Ten&nbsp; climbers had started the final leg of their journey to the summit early on Friday but were caught in the avalanche.</p>
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Navy spokesperson Commander Vivek Madhwal had said five out of the 10 climbers were safe.</p>
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