Shimla, August 17, 2015: The State Government was serious in its efforts to extract the body of Arun Sharma a trekker from Dehra in district Kangra who died while crossing Umasi-La, a pass connecting Kishtwar with Zanskar in Jammu and Kashmir. His body was detected by Air force rescue team at Roha base camp but could not extricate the body
An official spokesperson said that the State Government has requested for helicopter to the Jammu and Kashmir Government and had also mailed a letter to Northern Command of the Army to provide all men and machinery to extricate the body. He said that the police authorities stationed at Gulab Garh (J&K) on the border of tribal Killar sub divisional headquarters were also contacted who had sent a six member team towards the base camp of Umasi-La.
Every effort was being made to bring the body he said.